#4E83AA#4E83AA

#4E83AA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.083 H 241.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E83AA
RGB	rgb(78, 131, 170)
HSL	hsl(205, 37%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(205, 54%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 22.9%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.68, -6.20, -26.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.68, 26.80, 256.62°)
OKLab	oklab(58.92% -0.0389 -0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(58.92% 0.083 241.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.5113, 20.7530, 41.0527)
Luminance	0.2076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E83AA #AA754E

analogous

#4EAAA3 #4E83AA #4E55AA

triadic

#4E83AA #AA4E83 #83AA4E

tetradic

#4E83AA #A34EAA #AA754E #55AA4E

square

#4E83AA #A34EAA #AA754E #55AA4E

split-complementary

#4E83AA #AA4E55 #AAA34E

monochromatic

#284256 #3B6380 #4E83AA #75A0C0 #9FBDD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#4E83AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#4E83AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E83AA

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E83AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E83AA	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7283AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667AA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#138D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e83aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 131, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.083 241.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86a7c3',
    500: '#4e83aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e83aa;
$custom-light: #86a7c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e83aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.435,
    "s": 37.097,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58921,
    "c": 0.08257,
    "h": 241.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E83AA

secondary

#C0A794

accent

#8B5BCD

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C0F12

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E83AA

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

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