#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
RGB	rgb(78, 139, 166)
HSL	hsl(198, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(198, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(53%, 16.3%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.90, -11.96, -20.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.90, 23.60, 239.55°)
OKLab	oklab(60.63% -0.0499 -0.0565)
OKLCH	oklch(60.63% 0.075 228.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.2549, 22.8365, 39.4622)
Luminance	0.2284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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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
##4E8BA6	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #4E8BA6

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

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