#4E8BAC#4E8BAC

#4E8BAC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.081 H 233.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8BAC
RGB	rgb(78, 139, 172)
HSL	hsl(201, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(201, 55%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 19.2%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.14, -10.13, -23.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.14, 25.53, 246.62°)
OKLab	oklab(60.9% -0.0476 -0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(60.9% 0.081 233.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.8181, 23.0618, 42.4287)
Luminance	0.2306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8BAC #AC6F4E

analogous

#4EAC9E #4E8BAC #4E5CAC

triadic

#4E8BAC #AC4E8B #8BAC4E

tetradic

#4E8BAC #9E4EAC #AC6F4E #5CAC4E

square

#4E8BAC #9E4EAC #AC6F4E #5CAC4E

split-complementary

#4E8BAC #AC4E5C #AC9E4E

monochromatic

#284758 #3B6982 #4E8BAC #76A7C1 #A0C2D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#4E8BAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#4E8BAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8BAC

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8BAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8BAC	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8AAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E80AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#079496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8bac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 139, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.081 233.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86acc4',
    500: '#4e8bac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8bac;
$custom-light: #86acc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8bac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.064,
    "s": 37.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60895,
    "c": 0.08078,
    "h": 233.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8BAC

secondary

#C1A495

accent

#835ACE

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8BAC

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

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