#4E8CA3#4E8CA3

#4E8CA3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.073 H 224.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8CA3
RGB	rgb(78, 140, 163)
HSL	hsl(196, 35%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(196, 52%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 14.1%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.09, -13.42, -18.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.09, 22.72, 233.80°)
OKLab	oklab(60.75% -0.0522 -0.0508)
OKLCH	oklch(60.75% 0.073 224.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.1283, 23.0186, 38.0782)
Luminance	0.2302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8CA3 #A3654E

analogous

#4EA390 #4E8CA3 #4E62A3

triadic

#4E8CA3 #A34E8C #8CA34E

tetradic

#4E8CA3 #904EA3 #A3654E #62A34E

square

#4E8CA3 #904EA3 #A3654E #62A34E

split-complementary

#4E8CA3 #A34E62 #A3904E

monochromatic

#264550 #3A687A #4E8CA3 #72A8BC #9CC2D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#4E8CA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#4E8CA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8CA3

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8CA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8CA3	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)

#7F89A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7380A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1A9393

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8ca3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 140, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.073 224.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86adbe',
    500: '#4e8ca3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8ca3;
$custom-light: #86adbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8ca3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.235,
    "s": 35.27,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60746,
    "c": 0.07287,
    "h": 224.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8CA3

secondary

#BC9C91

accent

#7A5CCB

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8CA3

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

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