#4E89A8#4E89A8

#4E89A8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.078 H 233.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E89A8
RGB	rgb(78, 137, 168)
HSL	hsl(201, 37%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(201, 54%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 18.5%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.38, -10.24, -22.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.38, 24.53, 245.34°)
OKLab	oklab(60.25% -0.0467 -0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(60.25% 0.078 233)
XYZ	xyz(19.1528, 22.3366, 40.3403)
Luminance	0.2234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E89A8 #A86D4E

analogous

#4EA89A #4E89A8 #4E5CA8

triadic

#4E89A8 #A84E89 #89A84E

tetradic

#4E89A8 #9A4EA8 #A86D4E #5CA84E

square

#4E89A8 #9A4EA8 #A86D4E #5CA84E

split-complementary

#4E89A8 #A84E5C #A89A4E

monochromatic

#274554 #3B677E #4E89A8 #75A5BF #9EC0D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#4E89A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#4E89A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E89A8

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E89A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E89A8	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A88AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7EA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#139193

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e89a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 137, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.078 233.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86abc2',
    500: '#4e89a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e89a8;
$custom-light: #86abc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e89a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.667,
    "s": 36.585,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60245,
    "c": 0.07767,
    "h": 233
  },
  "luminance": 0.22338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E89A8

secondary

#BFA293

accent

#825BCD

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E89A8

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

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