#4E89A0#4E89A0

#4E89A0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.071 H 225.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E89A0
RGB	rgb(78, 137, 160)
HSL	hsl(197, 34%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(197, 51%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 14.4%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.08, -12.66, -18.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.08, 22.13, 235.12°)
OKLab	oklab(59.9% -0.0498 -0.0503)
OKLCH	oklch(59.9% 0.071 225.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.4303, 22.0476, 36.5353)
Luminance	0.2205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E89A0 #A0654E

analogous

#4EA08E #4E89A0 #4E60A0

triadic

#4E89A0 #A04E89 #89A04E

tetradic

#4E89A0 #8E4EA0 #A0654E #60A04E

square

#4E89A0 #8E4EA0 #A0654E #60A04E

split-complementary

#4E89A0 #A04E60 #A08E4E

monochromatic

#26434E #3A6677 #4E89A0 #71A6BA #9AC0CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#4E89A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#4E89A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E89A0

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E89A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E89A0	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C86A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707DA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F9090

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e89a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 137, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.071 225.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85abbc',
    500: '#4e89a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e89a0;
$custom-light: #85abbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e89a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.829,
    "s": 34.454,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59901,
    "c": 0.07078,
    "h": 225.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E89A0

secondary

#BB9B8F

accent

#7C5DCB

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E89A0

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

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