#4E8BAE#4E8BAE

#4E8BAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.083 H 235.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8BAE
RGB	rgb(78, 139, 174)
HSL	hsl(202, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(202, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 20.1%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.22, -9.51, -24.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.22, 26.24, 248.75°)
OKLab	oklab(60.99% -0.0469 -0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(60.99% 0.083 235.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.0117, 23.1392, 43.4479)
Luminance	0.2314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8BAE #AE714E

analogous

#4EAEA1 #4E8BAE #4E5BAE

triadic

#4E8BAE #AE4E8B #8BAE4E

tetradic

#4E8BAE #A14EAE #AE714E #5BAE4E

square

#4E8BAE #A14EAE #AE714E #5BAE4E

split-complementary

#4E8BAE #AE4E5B #AEA14E

monochromatic

#284759 #3B6984 #4E8BAE #77A7C2 #A1C2D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#4E8BAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#4E8BAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8BAE

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8BAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8BAE	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8AB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D80AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#019497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8bae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 139, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.083 235.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87acc6',
    500: '#4e8bae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8bae;
$custom-light: #87acc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8bae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.875,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60985,
    "c": 0.08274,
    "h": 235.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8BAE

secondary

#C2A696

accent

#845ACE

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8BAE

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

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