#4E83AD#4E83AD

#4E83AD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.086 H 243.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E83AD
RGB	rgb(78, 131, 173)
HSL	hsl(207, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(207, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 24.3%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.80, -5.26, -27.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.80, 28.10, 259.22°)
OKLab	oklab(59.06% -0.0379 -0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(59.06% 0.086 243.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.7983, 20.8679, 42.5643)
Luminance	0.2087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E83AD #AD784E

analogous

#4EADA8 #4E83AD #4E54AD

triadic

#4E83AD #AD4E83 #83AD4E

tetradic

#4E83AD #A84EAD #AD784E #54AD4E

square

#4E83AD #A84EAD #AD784E #54AD4E

split-complementary

#4E83AD #AD4E54 #ADA84E

monochromatic

#284359 #3B6383 #4E83AD #77A0C2 #A1BED5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#4E83AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#4E83AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E83AD

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E83AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E83AD	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)

#7183AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647AAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0C8D91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e83ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 131, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.086 243.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86a6c5',
    500: '#4e83ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e83ad;
$custom-light: #86a6c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e83ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.526,
    "s": 37.849,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59063,
    "c": 0.08602,
    "h": 243.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E83AD

secondary

#C2A995

accent

#8D5ACE

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C0F13

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E83AD

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

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