#4E83B4#4E83B4

#4E83B4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.094 H 247.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E83B4
RGB	rgb(78, 131, 180)
HSL	hsl(209, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(209, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 27.2%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.11, -3.02, -31.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.11, 31.31, 264.46°)
OKLab	oklab(59.4% -0.0355 -0.0875)
OKLCH	oklch(59.4% 0.094 247.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.4934, 21.1459, 46.2255)
Luminance	0.2115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E83B4 #B47F4E

analogous

#4EB4B2 #4E83B4 #4E50B4

triadic

#4E83B4 #B44E83 #83B44E

tetradic

#4E83B4 #B24EB4 #B47F4E #50B44E

square

#4E83B4 #B24EB4 #B47F4E #50B44E

split-complementary

#4E83B4 #B44E50 #B4B24E

monochromatic

#28455F #3B648A #4E83B4 #79A1C6 #A4BFD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#4E83B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#4E83B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E83B4

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E83B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E83B4	1.00	4.02	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E84B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#617AB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e83b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 131, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.094 247.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87a6ca',
    500: '#4e83b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e83b4;
$custom-light: #87a6ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e83b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.824,
    "s": 40.476,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59403,
    "c": 0.09443,
    "h": 247.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E83B4

secondary

#C6AE98

accent

#9257D0

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C0F13

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E83B4

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

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