#4E8AAC#4E8AAC

#4E8AAC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.081 H 235.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8AAC
RGB	rgb(78, 138, 172)
HSL	hsl(202, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(202, 55%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 19.8%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.84, -9.57, -23.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.84, 25.74, 248.18°)
OKLab	oklab(60.66% -0.0464 -0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(60.66% 0.081 235.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.6740, 22.7735, 42.3807)
Luminance	0.2278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8AAC #AC704E

analogous

#4EAC9F #4E8AAC #4E5BAC

triadic

#4E8AAC #AC4E8A #8AAC4E

tetradic

#4E8AAC #9F4EAC #AC704E #5BAC4E

square

#4E8AAC #9F4EAC #AC704E #5BAC4E

split-complementary

#4E8AAC #AC4E5B #AC9F4E

monochromatic

#284658 #3B6882 #4E8AAC #76A6C1 #A0C1D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#4E8AAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#4E8AAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8AAC

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8AAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8AAC	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A89AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7FAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#089395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8aac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 138, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.081 235.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86acc4',
    500: '#4e8aac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8aac;
$custom-light: #86acc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8aac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.702,
    "s": 37.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60659,
    "c": 0.08117,
    "h": 235.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8AAC

secondary

#C1A595

accent

#845ACE

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8AAC

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

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