#4E8AA4#4E8AA4

#4E8AA4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.074 H 228.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8AA4
RGB	rgb(78, 138, 164)
HSL	hsl(198, 36%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(198, 52%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 15.9%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.53, -12.01, -19.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.53, 23.13, 238.72°)
OKLab	oklab(60.31% -0.0494 -0.0549)
OKLCH	oklch(60.31% 0.074 228)
XYZ	xyz(18.9287, 22.4754, 38.4555)
Luminance	0.2248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8AA4 #A4684E

analogous

#4EA493 #4E8AA4 #4E5FA4

triadic

#4E8AA4 #A44E8A #8AA44E

tetradic

#4E8AA4 #934EA4 #A4684E #5FA44E

square

#4E8AA4 #934EA4 #A4684E #5FA44E

split-complementary

#4E8AA4 #A44E5F #A4934E

monochromatic

#274451 #3A677B #4E8AA4 #73A6BC #9CC0D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#4E8AA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#4E8AA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8AA4

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8AA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8AA4	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C88A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707EA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#199292

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8aa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 138, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.074 228.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86acbf',
    500: '#4e8aa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8aa4;
$custom-light: #86acbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8aa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.14,
    "s": 35.537,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60309,
    "c": 0.07386,
    "h": 228
  },
  "luminance": 0.22477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8AA4

secondary

#BD9E91

accent

#7E5CCC

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8AA4

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

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