#4E83AC#4E83AC

#4E83AC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.085 H 243.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E83AC
RGB	rgb(78, 131, 172)
HSL	hsl(206, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(206, 55%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 23.8%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.76, -5.57, -27.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.76, 27.67, 258.38°)
OKLab	oklab(59.01% -0.0382 -0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(59.01% 0.085 243.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.7019, 20.8293, 42.0566)
Luminance	0.2083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E83AC #AC774E

analogous

#4EACA6 #4E83AC #4E54AC

triadic

#4E83AC #AC4E83 #83AC4E

tetradic

#4E83AC #A64EAC #AC774E #54AC4E

square

#4E83AC #A64EAC #AC774E #54AC4E

split-complementary

#4E83AC #AC4E54 #ACA64E

monochromatic

#284358 #3B6382 #4E83AC #76A0C1 #A0BED4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#4E83AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#4E83AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E83AC

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E83AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E83AC	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7183AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657AAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0E8D91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e83ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 131, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.085 243.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86a6c5',
    500: '#4e83ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e83ac;
$custom-light: #86a6c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e83ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.17,
    "s": 37.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59015,
    "c": 0.08486,
    "h": 243.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E83AC

secondary

#C1A895

accent

#8D5ACE

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C0F12

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E83AC

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

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