#4E8AAF#4E8AAF

#4E8AAF is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.084 H 237.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8AAF
RGB	rgb(78, 138, 175)
HSL	hsl(203, 38%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(203, 55%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.4%, 21.1%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.96, -8.63, -25.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.96, 26.85, 251.24°)
OKLab	oklab(60.79% -0.0453 -0.071)
OKLCH	oklch(60.79% 0.084 237.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.9654, 22.8901, 43.9152)
Luminance	0.2289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8AAF #AF734E

analogous

#4EAFA4 #4E8AAF #4E59AF

triadic

#4E8AAF #AF4E8A #8AAF4E

tetradic

#4E8AAF #A44EAF #AF734E #59AF4E

square

#4E8AAF #A44EAF #AF734E #59AF4E

split-complementary

#4E8AAF #AF4E59 #AFA44E

monochromatic

#28475A #3B6985 #4E8AAF #78A6C3 #A2C2D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#4E8AAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#4E8AAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8AAF

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8AAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8AAF	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7989B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7FAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8aaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 138, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.084 237.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87acc7',
    500: '#4e8aaf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8aaf;
$custom-light: #87acc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8aaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.887,
    "s": 38.34,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60794,
    "c": 0.08421,
    "h": 237.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8AAF

secondary

#C3A796

accent

#865ACE

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8AAF

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

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