#4E84AD#4E84AD

#4E84AD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.085 H 242.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E84AD
RGB	rgb(78, 132, 173)
HSL	hsl(206, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(206, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 23.7%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.10, -5.83, -27.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.10, 27.77, 257.87°)
OKLab	oklab(59.3% -0.039 -0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(59.3% 0.085 242.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.9332, 21.1378, 42.6093)
Luminance	0.2114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E84AD #AD774E

analogous

#4EADA7 #4E84AD #4E54AD

triadic

#4E84AD #AD4E84 #84AD4E

tetradic

#4E84AD #A74EAD #AD774E #54AD4E

square

#4E84AD #A74EAD #AD774E #54AD4E

split-complementary

#4E84AD #AD4E54 #ADA74E

monochromatic

#284459 #3B6483 #4E84AD #77A1C2 #A1BED5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#4E84AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#4E84AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E84AD

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E84AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E84AD	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)

#7284AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657AAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0B8E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e84ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 132, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.085 242.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86a7c5',
    500: '#4e84ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e84ad;
$custom-light: #86a7c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e84ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.895,
    "s": 37.849,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59296,
    "c": 0.08537,
    "h": 242.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E84AD

secondary

#C2A895

accent

#8C5ACE

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C0F13

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E84AD

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

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