#4E8AA3#4E8AA3

#4E8AA3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.073 H 227.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8AA3
RGB	rgb(78, 138, 163)
HSL	hsl(198, 35%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(198, 52%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 15.3%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.49, -12.31, -19.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.49, 22.85, 237.40°)
OKLab	oklab(60.27% -0.0498 -0.0534)
OKLCH	oklch(60.27% 0.073 227)
XYZ	xyz(18.8388, 22.4394, 37.9817)
Luminance	0.2244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8AA3 #A3674E

analogous

#4EA392 #4E8AA3 #4E60A3

triadic

#4E8AA3 #A34E8A #8AA34E

tetradic

#4E8AA3 #924EA3 #A3674E #60A34E

square

#4E8AA3 #924EA3 #A3674E #60A34E

split-complementary

#4E8AA3 #A34E60 #A3924E

monochromatic

#264450 #3A677A #4E8AA3 #72A6BC #9CC0D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#4E8AA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#4E8AA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8AA3

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8AA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8AA3	1.00	3.83	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D88A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707EA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B9192

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8aa3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 138, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.073 227.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86acbe',
    500: '#4e8aa3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8aa3;
$custom-light: #86acbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8aa3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.647,
    "s": 35.27,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60267,
    "c": 0.07304,
    "h": 227
  },
  "luminance": 0.22441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8AA3

secondary

#BC9D91

accent

#7D5CCB

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8AA3

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

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