#4E83B5#4E83B5

#4E83B5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.096 H 248.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E83B5
RGB	rgb(78, 131, 181)
HSL	hsl(209, 41%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(209, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 27.6%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.15, -2.70, -31.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.15, 31.78, 265.13°)
OKLab	oklab(59.45% -0.0352 -0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(59.45% 0.096 248.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.5957, 21.1868, 46.7639)
Luminance	0.2119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E83B5 #B5804E

analogous

#4EB5B3 #4E83B5 #4E4FB5

triadic

#4E83B5 #B54E83 #83B54E

tetradic

#4E83B5 #B34EB5 #B5804E #4FB54E

square

#4E83B5 #B34EB5 #B5804E #4FB54E

split-complementary

#4E83B5 #B54E4F #B5B34E

monochromatic

#284560 #3A648B #4E83B5 #79A1C7 #A4BFD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#4E83B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#4E83B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E83B5

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E83B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E83B5	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E85B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#607AB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e83b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 131, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.096 248.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87a6cb',
    500: '#4e83b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e83b5;
$custom-light: #87a6cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e83b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.126,
    "s": 41.036,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59453,
    "c": 0.09566,
    "h": 248.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E83B5

secondary

#C6AF99

accent

#9257D1

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C0F13

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E83B5

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

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