#4E8CA0#4E8CA0

#4E8CA0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.071 H 221.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8CA0
RGB	rgb(78, 140, 160)
HSL	hsl(195, 34%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(195, 51%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 12.5%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.98, -14.31, -16.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.98, 22.05, 229.54°)
OKLab	oklab(60.62% -0.0534 -0.0464)
OKLCH	oklch(60.62% 0.071 221)
XYZ	xyz(18.8627, 22.9124, 36.6794)
Luminance	0.2291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8CA0 #A0624E

analogous

#4EA08B #4E8CA0 #4E63A0

triadic

#4E8CA0 #A04E8C #8CA04E

tetradic

#4E8CA0 #8B4EA0 #A0624E #63A04E

square

#4E8CA0 #8B4EA0 #A0624E #63A04E

split-complementary

#4E8CA0 #A04E63 #A08B4E

monochromatic

#26444E #3A6877 #4E8CA0 #71A8BA #9AC1CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#4E8CA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#4E8CA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8CA0

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8CA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8CA0	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8089A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7480A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E9392

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8ca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 140, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.071 221.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85adbc',
    500: '#4e8ca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8ca0;
$custom-light: #85adbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8ca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.634,
    "s": 34.454,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60622,
    "c": 0.07077,
    "h": 221
  },
  "luminance": 0.22914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8CA0

secondary

#BB9A8F

accent

#785DCB

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8CA0

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

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