#4E8AAA#4E8AAA

#4E8AAA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.079 H 233.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8AAA
RGB	rgb(78, 138, 170)
HSL	hsl(201, 37%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(201, 54%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 18.8%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.76, -10.18, -22.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.76, 25.03, 245.99°)
OKLab	oklab(60.57% -0.0472 -0.0637)
OKLCH	oklch(60.57% 0.079 233.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.4834, 22.6973, 41.3767)
Luminance	0.2270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8AAA #AA6E4E

analogous

#4EAA9C #4E8AAA #4E5CAA

triadic

#4E8AAA #AA4E8A #8AAA4E

tetradic

#4E8AAA #9C4EAA #AA6E4E #5CAA4E

square

#4E8AAA #9C4EAA #AA6E4E #5CAA4E

split-complementary

#4E8AAA #AA4E5C #AA9C4E

monochromatic

#284656 #3B6880 #4E8AAA #75A6C0 #9FC1D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#4E8AAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#4E8AAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8AAA

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8AAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8AAA	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B89AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7FAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0E9394

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8aaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 138, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.079 233.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86acc3',
    500: '#4e8aaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8aaa;
$custom-light: #86acc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8aaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.87,
    "s": 37.097,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6057,
    "c": 0.07923,
    "h": 233.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8AAA

secondary

#C0A394

accent

#825BCD

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8AAA

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

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