#4E8CA1#4E8CA1

#4E8CA1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.071 H 222.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8CA1
RGB	rgb(78, 140, 161)
HSL	hsl(195, 35%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(195, 52%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 13%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.02, -14.01, -17.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.02, 22.26, 230.99°)
OKLab	oklab(60.66% -0.053 -0.0479)
OKLCH	oklch(60.66% 0.071 222.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.9506, 22.9475, 37.1420)
Luminance	0.2295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8CA1 #A1634E

analogous

#4EA18D #4E8CA1 #4E63A1

triadic

#4E8CA1 #A14E8C #8CA14E

tetradic

#4E8CA1 #8D4EA1 #A1634E #63A14E

square

#4E8CA1 #8D4EA1 #A1634E #63A14E

split-complementary

#4E8CA1 #A14E63 #A18D4E

monochromatic

#26444F #3A6878 #4E8CA1 #72A8BB #9BC1CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#4E8CA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#4E8CA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8CA1

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8CA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8CA1	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8089A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7380A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C9393

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8ca1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 140, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.071 222.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85adbc',
    500: '#4e8ca1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8ca1;
$custom-light: #85adbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8ca1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.181,
    "s": 34.728,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60663,
    "c": 0.07144,
    "h": 222.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8CA1

secondary

#BB9B90

accent

#795DCB

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8CA1

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

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