#4E8AAE#4E8AAE

#4E8AAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.083 H 236.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8AAE
RGB	rgb(78, 138, 174)
HSL	hsl(203, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(203, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 20.7%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.92, -8.95, -24.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.92, 26.47, 250.25°)
OKLab	oklab(60.75% -0.0457 -0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(60.75% 0.083 236.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.8675, 22.8509, 43.3999)
Luminance	0.2285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8AAE #AE724E

analogous

#4EAEA2 #4E8AAE #4E5AAE

triadic

#4E8AAE #AE4E8A #8AAE4E

tetradic

#4E8AAE #A24EAE #AE724E #5AAE4E

square

#4E8AAE #A24EAE #AE724E #5AAE4E

split-complementary

#4E8AAE #AE4E5A #AEA24E

monochromatic

#284759 #3B6884 #4E8AAE #77A6C2 #A1C2D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#4E8AAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#4E8AAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8AAE

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8AAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8AAE	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7989B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7FAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#029396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8aae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 138, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.083 236.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87acc6',
    500: '#4e8aae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8aae;
$custom-light: #87acc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8aae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.5,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60749,
    "c": 0.08318,
    "h": 236.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8AAE

secondary

#C2A696

accent

#855ACE

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8AAE

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

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