#4E8A9D#4E8A9D

#4E8A9D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.069 H 220.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8A9D
RGB	rgb(78, 138, 157)
HSL	hsl(194, 34%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(194, 50%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 12.1%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.27, -14.10, -16.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.27, 21.42, 228.86°)
OKLab	oklab(60.02% -0.0522 -0.0446)
OKLCH	oklch(60.02% 0.069 220.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.3139, 22.2295, 35.2174)
Luminance	0.2223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8A9D #9D614E

analogous

#4E9D88 #4E8A9D #4E629D

triadic

#4E8A9D #9D4E8A #8A9D4E

tetradic

#4E8A9D #884E9D #9D614E #629D4E

square

#4E8A9D #884E9D #9D614E #629D4E

split-complementary

#4E8A9D #9D4E62 #9D884E

monochromatic

#25424B #3A6674 #4E8A9D #70A7B8 #99C0CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#4E8A9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#4E8A9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8A9D

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8A9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8A9D	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)

#7E879E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737E9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#229090

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8a9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 138, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.069 220.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85acba',
    500: '#4e8a9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8a9d;
$custom-light: #85acba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8a9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.43,
    "s": 33.617,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60018,
    "c": 0.06867,
    "h": 220.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8A9D

secondary

#B9988E

accent

#785ECA

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8A9D

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

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