#4E8BAD#4E8BAD

#4E8BAD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.082 H 234.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8BAD
RGB	rgb(78, 139, 173)
HSL	hsl(201, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(201, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 19.7%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.18, -9.82, -23.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.18, 25.88, 247.70°)
OKLab	oklab(60.94% -0.0472 -0.0667)
OKLCH	oklch(60.94% 0.082 234.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.9145, 23.1003, 42.9364)
Luminance	0.2310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8BAD #AD704E

analogous

#4EADA0 #4E8BAD #4E5BAD

triadic

#4E8BAD #AD4E8B #8BAD4E

tetradic

#4E8BAD #A04EAD #AD704E #5BAD4E

square

#4E8BAD #A04EAD #AD704E #5BAD4E

split-complementary

#4E8BAD #AD4E5B #ADA04E

monochromatic

#284759 #3B6983 #4E8BAD #77A7C2 #A1C2D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#4E8BAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#4E8BAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8BAD

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8BAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8BAD	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8AAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E80AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#049496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8bad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 139, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.082 234.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87acc5',
    500: '#4e8bad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8bad;
$custom-light: #87acc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8bad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.474,
    "s": 37.849,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6094,
    "c": 0.08176,
    "h": 234.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8BAD

secondary

#C2A595

accent

#835ACE

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8BAD

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

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