#4E83BC#4E83BC

#4E83BC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.104 H 251.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E83BC
RGB	rgb(78, 131, 188)
HSL	hsl(211, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(211, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 30.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.47, -0.42, -35.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.47, 35.18, 269.32°)
OKLab	oklab(59.81% -0.0331 -0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(59.81% 0.104 251.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.3320, 21.4814, 50.6421)
Luminance	0.2148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E83BC #BC874E

analogous

#4EBABC #4E83BC #504EBC

triadic

#4E83BC #BC4E83 #83BC4E

tetradic

#4E83BC #BC4EBA #BC874E #4EBC50

square

#4E83BC #BC4EBA #BC874E #4EBC50

split-complementary

#4E83BC #BC504E #BABC4E

monochromatic

#274768 #386595 #4E83BC #7AA2CD #A7C1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#4E83BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#4E83BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E83BC

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E83BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E83BC	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B86BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D7BBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e83bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 131, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.104 251.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88a6d0',
    500: '#4e83bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e83bc;
$custom-light: #88a6d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e83bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.091,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59808,
    "c": 0.10448,
    "h": 251.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E83BC

secondary

#CBB49B

accent

#9653D5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C0F14

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E83BC

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

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