#4E8BA2#4E8BA2

#4E8BA2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.072 H 224.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8BA2
RGB	rgb(78, 139, 162)
HSL	hsl(196, 35%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(196, 52%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 14.2%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.75, -13.17, -18.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.75, 22.52, 234.23°)
OKLab	oklab(60.47% -0.0514 -0.0506)
OKLCH	oklch(60.47% 0.072 224.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.8936, 22.6920, 37.5598)
Luminance	0.2269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8BA2 #A2654E

analogous

#4EA28F #4E8BA2 #4E61A2

triadic

#4E8BA2 #A24E8B #8BA24E

tetradic

#4E8BA2 #8F4EA2 #A2654E #61A24E

square

#4E8BA2 #8F4EA2 #A2654E #61A24E

split-complementary

#4E8BA2 #A24E61 #A28F4E

monochromatic

#26444F #3A6879 #4E8BA2 #72A7BB #9BC1CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#4E8BA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#4E8BA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8BA2

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8BA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8BA2	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E88A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727FA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B9292

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8ba2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 139, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.072 224.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85adbd',
    500: '#4e8ba2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8ba2;
$custom-light: #85adbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8ba2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.429,
    "s": 35,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60465,
    "c": 0.07218,
    "h": 224.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8BA2

secondary

#BC9C90

accent

#7B5DCB

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8BA2

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

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