#4E8BA4#4E8BA4

#4E8BA4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.074 H 226.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8BA4
RGB	rgb(78, 139, 164)
HSL	hsl(197, 36%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(197, 52%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 15.2%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.83, -12.57, -19.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.83, 23.04, 236.95°)
OKLab	oklab(60.55% -0.0506 -0.0536)
OKLCH	oklch(60.55% 0.074 226.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.0728, 22.7637, 38.5035)
Luminance	0.2276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8BA4 #A4674E

analogous

#4EA492 #4E8BA4 #4E60A4

triadic

#4E8BA4 #A44E8B #8BA44E

tetradic

#4E8BA4 #924EA4 #A4674E #60A44E

square

#4E8BA4 #924EA4 #A4674E #60A44E

split-complementary

#4E8BA4 #A44E60 #A4924E

monochromatic

#274551 #3A687B #4E8BA4 #73A7BC #9CC1D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#4E8BA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#4E8BA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8BA4

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8BA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8BA4	1.00	3.78	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.78	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)

#7E89A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717FA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#199293

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8ba4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 139, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.074 226.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86adbf',
    500: '#4e8ba4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8ba4;
$custom-light: #86adbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8ba4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.442,
    "s": 35.537,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60548,
    "c": 0.07372,
    "h": 226.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8BA4

secondary

#BD9E91

accent

#7D5CCC

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8BA4

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

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