#4E8BAA#4E8BAA

#4E8BAA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.079 H 232.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8BAA
RGB	rgb(78, 139, 170)
HSL	hsl(200, 37%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(200, 54%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 18.2%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.06, -10.74, -22.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.06, 24.85, 244.38°)
OKLab	oklab(60.81% -0.0483 -0.0623)
OKLCH	oklch(60.81% 0.079 232.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.6275, 22.9855, 41.4247)
Luminance	0.2299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8BAA #AA6D4E

analogous

#4EAA9B #4E8BAA #4E5DAA

triadic

#4E8BAA #AA4E8B #8BAA4E

tetradic

#4E8BAA #9B4EAA #AA6D4E #5DAA4E

square

#4E8BAA #9B4EAA #AA6D4E #5DAA4E

split-complementary

#4E8BAA #AA4E5D #AA9B4E

monochromatic

#284656 #3B6980 #4E8BAA #75A7C0 #9FC2D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#4E8BAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#4E8BAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8BAA

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8BAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8BAA	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C89AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7FAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0D9395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8baa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 139, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.079 232.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86acc3',
    500: '#4e8baa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8baa;
$custom-light: #86acc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8baa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.217,
    "s": 37.097,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60807,
    "c": 0.0789,
    "h": 232.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8BAA

secondary

#C0A394

accent

#815BCD

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8BAA

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

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