#4E84A5#4E84A5

#4E84A5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.077 H 236.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E84A5
RGB	rgb(78, 132, 165)
HSL	hsl(203, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(203, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 20%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.77, -8.33, -23.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.77, 24.50, 250.13°)
OKLab	oklab(58.93% -0.0419 -0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(58.93% 0.077 236.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.1822, 20.8374, 38.6539)
Luminance	0.2084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E84A5 #A56F4E

analogous

#4EA59A #4E84A5 #4E58A5

triadic

#4E84A5 #A54E84 #84A54E

tetradic

#4E84A5 #9A4EA5 #A56F4E #58A54E

square

#4E84A5 #9A4EA5 #A56F4E #58A54E

split-complementary

#4E84A5 #A54E58 #A59A4E

monochromatic

#274252 #3A637B #4E84A5 #73A1BD #9DBDD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#4E84A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#4E84A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E84A5

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E84A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E84A5	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)

#7583A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697AA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B8D8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e84a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 132, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.077 236.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85a7bf',
    500: '#4e84a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e84a5;
$custom-light: #85a7bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e84a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.759,
    "s": 35.802,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58927,
    "c": 0.07662,
    "h": 236.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E84A5

secondary

#BDA291

accent

#865CCC

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B0F12

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E84A5

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

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