#4E8BA6#4E8BA6

#4E8BA6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.075 H 228.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4E8BA6
RGBrgb(78, 139, 166)
HSLhsl(198, 36%, 48%)
HSVhsv(198, 53%, 65%)
CMYKcmyk(53%, 16.3%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LABlab(54.90, -11.96, -20.35)
CIE-LCHlch(54.90, 23.60, 239.55°)
OKLaboklab(60.63% -0.0499 -0.0565)
OKLCHoklch(60.63% 0.075 228.6)
XYZxyz(19.2549, 22.8365, 39.4622)
Luminance0.2284 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4E8BA6 #A6694E
analogous
#4EA695 #4E8BA6 #4E5FA6
triadic
#4E8BA6 #A64E8B #8BA64E
tetradic
#4E8BA6 #954EA6 #A6694E #5FA64E
square
#4E8BA6 #954EA6 #A6694E #5FA64E
split-complementary
#4E8BA6 #A64E5F #A6954E
monochromatic
#274553 #3A687C #4E8BA6 #74A7BE #9DC1D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77
#4E8BA6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57
#4E8BA6 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8BA6
5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4E8BA6#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##4E8BA61.003.775.575.57
#FFFFFF3.771.0021.0021.00
#0000005.5721.001.001.00
##0000005.5721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#7D89A7
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#707FA6
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#159394
Achromatopsia (no color)
#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4e8ba6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 139, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.075 228.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86adc0',
    500: '#4e8ba6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4e8ba6;
$custom-light: #86adc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4e8ba6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.409,
    "s": 36.066,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60633,
    "c": 0.07535,
    "h": 228.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4E8BA6
secondary
#BE9F92
accent
#7E5CCC
background
#F8FAFB
surface
#F0F4F7
border
#CBCED0
text
#0C1012
muted
#7D7F81

Preview Lab

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#4E8BA6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva