#4E89A3#4E89A3

#4E89A3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.073 H 228.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E89A3
RGB	rgb(78, 137, 163)
HSL	hsl(198, 35%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(198, 52%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 16%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.19, -11.76, -19.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.19, 22.95, 239.19°)
OKLab	oklab(60.03% -0.0486 -0.0547)
OKLCH	oklch(60.03% 0.073 228.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.6959, 22.1538, 37.9341)
Luminance	0.2215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E89A3 #A3684E

analogous

#4EA393 #4E89A3 #4E5EA3

triadic

#4E89A3 #A34E89 #89A34E

tetradic

#4E89A3 #934EA3 #A3684E #5EA34E

square

#4E89A3 #934EA3 #A3684E #5EA34E

split-complementary

#4E89A3 #A34E5E #A3934E

monochromatic

#264350 #3A667A #4E89A3 #72A5BC #9CC0D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#4E89A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#4E89A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E89A3

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E89A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E89A3	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C87A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7EA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B9091

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e89a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 137, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.073 228.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85abbe',
    500: '#4e89a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e89a3;
$custom-light: #85abbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e89a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.353,
    "s": 35.27,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60028,
    "c": 0.0732,
    "h": 228.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E89A3

secondary

#BC9E91

accent

#7E5CCB

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E89A3

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

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