#4E8AAB#4E8AAB

#4E8AAB is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.080 H 234.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8AAB
RGB	rgb(78, 138, 171)
HSL	hsl(201, 37%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(201, 54%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 19.3%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.80, -9.88, -23.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.80, 25.38, 247.10°)
OKLab	oklab(60.61% -0.0468 -0.0651)
OKLCH	oklch(60.61% 0.08 234.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.5783, 22.7353, 41.8768)
Luminance	0.2274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8AAB #AB6F4E

analogous

#4EAB9E #4E8AAB #4E5CAB

triadic

#4E8AAB #AB4E8A #8AAB4E

tetradic

#4E8AAB #9E4EAB #AB6F4E #5CAB4E

square

#4E8AAB #9E4EAB #AB6F4E #5CAB4E

split-complementary

#4E8AAB #AB4E5C #AB9E4E

monochromatic

#284657 #3B6881 #4E8AAB #76A6C0 #A0C1D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#4E8AAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#4E8AAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8AAB

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8AAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8AAB	1.00	3.79	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A89AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7FAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0B9395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8aab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 138, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.080 234.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86acc4',
    500: '#4e8aab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8aab;
$custom-light: #86acc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8aab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.29,
    "s": 37.349,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60614,
    "c": 0.08019,
    "h": 234.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8AAB

secondary

#C1A494

accent

#835ACD

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8AAB

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

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