#4E8AA2#4E8AA2

#4E8AA2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.072 H 226.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8AA2
RGB	rgb(78, 138, 162)
HSL	hsl(197, 35%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(197, 52%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 14.8%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.45, -12.61, -18.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.45, 22.59, 236.05°)
OKLab	oklab(60.22% -0.0502 -0.0519)
OKLCH	oklch(60.22% 0.072 226)
XYZ	xyz(18.7495, 22.4037, 37.5117)
Luminance	0.2240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8AA2 #A2664E

analogous

#4EA290 #4E8AA2 #4E60A2

triadic

#4E8AA2 #A24E8A #8AA24E

tetradic

#4E8AA2 #904EA2 #A2664E #60A24E

square

#4E8AA2 #904EA2 #A2664E #60A24E

split-complementary

#4E8AA2 #A24E60 #A2904E

monochromatic

#26444F #3A6779 #4E8AA2 #72A6BB #9BC0CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#4E8AA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#4E8AA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8AA2

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8AA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8AA2	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D88A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717EA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C9192

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8aa2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 138, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.072 226.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85acbd',
    500: '#4e8aa2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8aa2;
$custom-light: #85acbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8aa2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 35,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60225,
    "c": 0.07224,
    "h": 226
  },
  "luminance": 0.22405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8AA2

secondary

#BC9D90

accent

#7C5DCB

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8AA2

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

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