#4E8AA0#4E8AA0

#4E8AA0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.071 H 223.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8AA0
RGB	rgb(78, 138, 160)
HSL	hsl(196, 34%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(196, 51%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 13.8%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.38, -13.21, -17.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.38, 22.08, 233.26°)
OKLab	oklab(60.14% -0.051 -0.049)
OKLCH	oklch(60.14% 0.071 223.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.5732, 22.3332, 36.5829)
Luminance	0.2233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8AA0 #A0644E

analogous

#4EA08D #4E8AA0 #4E61A0

triadic

#4E8AA0 #A04E8A #8AA04E

tetradic

#4E8AA0 #8D4EA0 #A0644E #61A04E

square

#4E8AA0 #8D4EA0 #A0644E #61A04E

split-complementary

#4E8AA0 #A04E61 #A08D4E

monochromatic

#26434E #3A6777 #4E8AA0 #71A6BA #9AC0CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#4E8AA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#4E8AA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8AA0

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8AA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8AA0	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)

#7E87A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717EA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E9191

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8aa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 138, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.071 223.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85acbc',
    500: '#4e8aa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8aa0;
$custom-light: #85acbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8aa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.098,
    "s": 34.454,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60141,
    "c": 0.07073,
    "h": 223.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8AA0

secondary

#BB9B8F

accent

#7B5DCB

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8AA0

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

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