#4E8AA5#4E8AA5

#4E8AA5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.075 H 229.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8AA5
RGB	rgb(78, 138, 165)
HSL	hsl(199, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(199, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 16.4%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.57, -11.71, -20.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.57, 23.43, 240.01°)
OKLab	oklab(60.35% -0.0491 -0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(60.35% 0.075 229)
XYZ	xyz(19.0194, 22.5117, 38.9329)
Luminance	0.2251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8AA5 #A5694E

analogous

#4EA594 #4E8AA5 #4E5EA5

triadic

#4E8AA5 #A54E8A #8AA54E

tetradic

#4E8AA5 #944EA5 #A5694E #5EA54E

square

#4E8AA5 #944EA5 #A5694E #5EA54E

split-complementary

#4E8AA5 #A54E5E #A5944E

monochromatic

#274452 #3A677B #4E8AA5 #73A6BD #9DC1D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#4E8AA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#4E8AA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8AA5

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8AA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8AA5	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)

#7C88A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707EA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#189293

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8aa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 138, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.075 229.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86acbf',
    500: '#4e8aa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8aa5;
$custom-light: #86acbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8aa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.621,
    "s": 35.802,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60352,
    "c": 0.0747,
    "h": 229
  },
  "luminance": 0.22513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8AA5

secondary

#BD9F91

accent

#7F5CCC

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8AA5

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

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