#4E8AC2#4E8AC2

#4E8AC2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.106 H 248.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8AC2
RGB	rgb(78, 138, 194)
HSL	hsl(209, 49%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(209, 60%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 28.9%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.78, -2.55, -34.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.78, 35.08, 265.83°)
OKLab	oklab(61.71% -0.039 -0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(61.71% 0.106 248.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.9644, 23.6897, 54.4435)
Luminance	0.2369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8AC2 #C2864E

analogous

#4EC2C0 #4E8AC2 #4E50C2

triadic

#4E8AC2 #C24E8A #8AC24E

tetradic

#4E8AC2 #C04EC2 #C2864E #50C24E

square

#4E8AC2 #C04EC2 #C2864E #50C24E

split-complementary

#4E8AC2 #C24E50 #C2C04E

monochromatic

#264C6F #366B9D #4E8AC2 #7CA8D2 #A9C6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#4E8AC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#4E8AC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8AC2

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8AC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8AC2	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#728CC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6381C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8ac2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 138, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.106 248.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89abd4',
    500: '#4e8ac2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8ac2;
$custom-light: #89abd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8ac2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.966,
    "s": 48.739,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61709,
    "c": 0.10597,
    "h": 248.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8AC2

secondary

#CFB59D

accent

#9250D8

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8AC2

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

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