#4E8AC3#4E8AC3

#4E8AC3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.107 H 248.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8AC3
RGB	rgb(78, 138, 195)
HSL	hsl(209, 49%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(209, 60%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 29.2%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.82, -2.22, -35.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.82, 35.56, 266.42°)
OKLab	oklab(61.76% -0.0387 -0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(61.76% 0.107 248.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.0771, 23.7348, 55.0370)
Luminance	0.2374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8AC3 #C3874E

analogous

#4EC3C1 #4E8AC3 #4E4FC3

triadic

#4E8AC3 #C34E8A #8AC34E

tetradic

#4E8AC3 #C14EC3 #C3874E #4FC34E

square

#4E8AC3 #C14EC3 #C3874E #4FC34E

split-complementary

#4E8AC3 #C34E4F #C3C14E

monochromatic

#264C70 #366B9E #4E8AC3 #7CA8D2 #A9C6E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#4E8AC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#4E8AC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8AC3

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8AC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8AC3	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#728CC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6281C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8ac3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 138, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.107 248.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89abd5',
    500: '#4e8ac3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8ac3;
$custom-light: #89abd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8ac3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.231,
    "s": 49.367,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6176,
    "c": 0.1072,
    "h": 248.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8AC3

secondary

#CFB69D

accent

#924FD9

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8AC3

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

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