#4E83A9#4E83A9

#4E83A9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.081 H 241.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E83A9
RGB	rgb(78, 131, 169)
HSL	hsl(205, 37%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(205, 54%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 22.5%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.64, -6.52, -25.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.64, 26.38, 255.70°)
OKLab	oklab(58.87% -0.0392 -0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(58.87% 0.081 241.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.4170, 20.7154, 40.5564)
Luminance	0.2072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E83A9 #A9744E

analogous

#4EA9A1 #4E83A9 #4E55A9

triadic

#4E83A9 #A94E83 #83A94E

tetradic

#4E83A9 #A14EA9 #A9744E #55A94E

square

#4E83A9 #A14EA9 #A9744E #55A94E

split-complementary

#4E83A9 #A94E55 #A9A14E

monochromatic

#274255 #3B637F #4E83A9 #75A0BF #9FBDD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#4E83A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#4E83A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E83A9

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E83A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E83A9	1.00	4.08	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.08	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)

#7283AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6679A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#158C90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e83a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 131, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.081 241.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86a7c2',
    500: '#4e83a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e83a9;
$custom-light: #86a7c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e83a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.055,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58874,
    "c": 0.08145,
    "h": 241.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E83A9

secondary

#BFA693

accent

#8B5BCD

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C0F12

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E83A9

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

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