#4E8AC4#4E8AC4

#4E8AC4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.108 H 249.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8AC4
RGB	rgb(78, 138, 196)
HSL	hsl(209, 50%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(209, 60%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 29.6%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.87, -1.89, -35.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.87, 36.03, 266.99°)
OKLab	oklab(61.81% -0.0384 -0.1014)
OKLCH	oklch(61.81% 0.108 249.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.1905, 23.7801, 55.6345)
Luminance	0.2378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8AC4 #C4884E

analogous

#4EC4C3 #4E8AC4 #4E4FC4

triadic

#4E8AC4 #C44E8A #8AC44E

tetradic

#4E8AC4 #C34EC4 #C4884E #4FC44E

square

#4E8AC4 #C34EC4 #C4884E #4FC44E

split-complementary

#4E8AC4 #C44E4F #C4C34E

monochromatic

#264C72 #356BA0 #4E8AC4 #7CA8D3 #AAC7E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#4E8AC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#4E8AC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8AC4

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8AC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8AC4	1.00	3.65	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#718CC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6281C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8ac4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 138, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.108 249.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89abd6',
    500: '#4e8ac4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8ac4;
$custom-light: #89abd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8ac4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.492,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61811,
    "c": 0.10843,
    "h": 249.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8AC4

secondary

#D0B69E

accent

#934EDA

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8AC4

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

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