#4E8BA7#4E8BA7

#4E8BA7 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.076 H 229.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8BA7
RGB	rgb(78, 139, 167)
HSL	hsl(199, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(199, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.3%, 16.8%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.94, -11.66, -20.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.94, 23.90, 240.80°)
OKLab	oklab(60.68% -0.0495 -0.058)
OKLCH	oklch(60.68% 0.076 229.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.3470, 22.8733, 39.9472)
Luminance	0.2288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8BA7 #A76A4E

analogous

#4EA796 #4E8BA7 #4E5EA7

triadic

#4E8BA7 #A74E8B #8BA74E

tetradic

#4E8BA7 #964EA7 #A76A4E #5EA74E

square

#4E8BA7 #964EA7 #A76A4E #5EA74E

split-complementary

#4E8BA7 #A74E5E #A7964E

monochromatic

#274654 #3B687D #4E8BA7 #74A7BE #9EC1D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#4E8BA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#4E8BA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8BA7

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8BA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8BA7	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)

#7D89A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707FA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#149394

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8ba7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 139, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.076 229.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86acc1',
    500: '#4e8ba7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8ba7;
$custom-light: #86acc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8ba7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.876,
    "s": 36.327,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60676,
    "c": 0.07622,
    "h": 229.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8BA7

secondary

#BEA092

accent

#7F5BCC

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8BA7

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

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