#4E83A8#4E83A8

#4E83A8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.080 H 240.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E83A8
RGB	rgb(78, 131, 168)
HSL	hsl(205, 37%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(205, 54%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 22%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.60, -6.83, -25.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.60, 25.96, 254.75°)
OKLab	oklab(58.83% -0.0396 -0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(58.83% 0.08 240.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.3235, 20.6779, 40.0638)
Luminance	0.2068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E83A8 #A8734E

analogous

#4EA8A0 #4E83A8 #4E56A8

triadic

#4E83A8 #A84E83 #83A84E

tetradic

#4E83A8 #A04EA8 #A8734E #56A84E

square

#4E83A8 #A04EA8 #A8734E #56A84E

split-complementary

#4E83A8 #A84E56 #A8A04E

monochromatic

#274254 #3B627E #4E83A8 #75A0BF #9EBDD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#4E83A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#4E83A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E83A8

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E83A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E83A8	1.00	4.09	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7383AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6679A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#168C8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e83a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 131, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.080 240.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86a7c2',
    500: '#4e83a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e83a8;
$custom-light: #86a7c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e83a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.667,
    "s": 36.585,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58828,
    "c": 0.08033,
    "h": 240.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E83A8

secondary

#BFA593

accent

#8A5BCD

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C0F12

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E83A8

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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