#4E8BA3#4E8BA3

#4E8BA3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.073 H 225.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8BA3
RGB	rgb(78, 139, 163)
HSL	hsl(197, 35%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(197, 52%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 14.7%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.79, -12.87, -18.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.79, 22.78, 235.61°)
OKLab	oklab(60.51% -0.051 -0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(60.51% 0.073 225.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.9829, 22.7277, 38.0298)
Luminance	0.2273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8BA3 #A3664E

analogous

#4EA391 #4E8BA3 #4E61A3

triadic

#4E8BA3 #A34E8B #8BA34E

tetradic

#4E8BA3 #914EA3 #A3664E #61A34E

square

#4E8BA3 #914EA3 #A3664E #61A34E

split-complementary

#4E8BA3 #A34E61 #A3914E

monochromatic

#264450 #3A687A #4E8BA3 #72A7BC #9CC1D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#4E8BA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#4E8BA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8BA3

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8BA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8BA3	1.00	3.79	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E88A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717FA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1A9293

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8ba3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 139, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.073 225.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86adbe',
    500: '#4e8ba3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8ba3;
$custom-light: #86adbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8ba3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.941,
    "s": 35.27,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60506,
    "c": 0.07293,
    "h": 225.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8BA3

secondary

#BC9D91

accent

#7C5CCB

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8BA3

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

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