#4E8CA2#4E8CA2

#4E8CA2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.072 H 223.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8CA2
RGB	rgb(78, 140, 162)
HSL	hsl(196, 35%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(196, 52%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 13.6%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.05, -13.72, -17.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.05, 22.49, 232.41°)
OKLab	oklab(60.71% -0.0526 -0.0494)
OKLCH	oklch(60.71% 0.072 223.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.0391, 22.9829, 37.6082)
Luminance	0.2298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8CA2 #A2644E

analogous

#4EA28E #4E8CA2 #4E62A2

triadic

#4E8CA2 #A24E8C #8CA24E

tetradic

#4E8CA2 #8E4EA2 #A2644E #62A24E

square

#4E8CA2 #8E4EA2 #A2644E #62A24E

split-complementary

#4E8CA2 #A24E62 #A28E4E

monochromatic

#26454F #3A6879 #4E8CA2 #72A8BB #9BC2CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#4E8CA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#4E8CA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8CA2

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8CA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8CA2	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F89A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7380A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B9393

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8ca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 140, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.072 223.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86adbd',
    500: '#4e8ca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8ca2;
$custom-light: #86adbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8ca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.714,
    "s": 35,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60705,
    "c": 0.07214,
    "h": 223.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8CA2

secondary

#BC9C90

accent

#7A5DCB

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8CA2

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

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