#4E89A5#4E89A5

#4E89A5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.075 H 230.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E89A5
RGB	rgb(78, 137, 165)
HSL	hsl(199, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(199, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 17%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.27, -11.15, -20.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.27, 23.56, 241.74°)
OKLab	oklab(60.11% -0.0479 -0.0576)
OKLCH	oklch(60.11% 0.075 230.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.8766, 22.2261, 38.8853)
Luminance	0.2223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E89A5 #A56A4E

analogous

#4EA595 #4E89A5 #4E5EA5

triadic

#4E89A5 #A54E89 #89A54E

tetradic

#4E89A5 #954EA5 #A56A4E #5EA54E

square

#4E89A5 #954EA5 #A56A4E #5EA54E

split-complementary

#4E89A5 #A54E5E #A5954E

monochromatic

#274452 #3A667B #4E89A5 #73A5BD #9DC0D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#4E89A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#4E89A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E89A5

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E89A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E89A5	1.00	3.86	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B87A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7EA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#189192

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e89a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 137, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.075 230.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86abbf',
    500: '#4e89a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e89a5;
$custom-light: #86abbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e89a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.31,
    "s": 35.802,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60114,
    "c": 0.07492,
    "h": 230.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E89A5

secondary

#BDA091

accent

#805CCC

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E89A5

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

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