#4E8AA8#4E8AA8

#4E8AA8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.077 H 231.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8AA8
RGB	rgb(78, 138, 168)
HSL	hsl(200, 37%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(200, 54%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 17.9%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.68, -10.80, -21.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.68, 24.36, 243.69°)
OKLab	oklab(60.48% -0.0479 -0.0607)
OKLCH	oklch(60.48% 0.077 231.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.2956, 22.6222, 40.3879)
Luminance	0.2262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8AA8 #A86C4E

analogous

#4EA899 #4E8AA8 #4E5DA8

triadic

#4E8AA8 #A84E8A #8AA84E

tetradic

#4E8AA8 #994EA8 #A86C4E #5DA84E

square

#4E8AA8 #994EA8 #A86C4E #5DA84E

split-complementary

#4E8AA8 #A84E5D #A8994E

monochromatic

#274554 #3B687E #4E8AA8 #75A6BF #9EC1D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#4E8AA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#4E8AA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8AA8

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8AA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8AA8	1.00	3.80	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B88AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7FA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#129294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8aa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 138, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.077 231.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86acc2',
    500: '#4e8aa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8aa8;
$custom-light: #86acc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8aa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 36.585,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60482,
    "c": 0.07735,
    "h": 231.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8AA8

secondary

#BFA293

accent

#815BCD

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8AA8

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

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