#4E8CA4#4E8CA4

#4E8CA4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.074 H 225.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8CA4
RGB	rgb(78, 140, 164)
HSL	hsl(197, 36%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(197, 52%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 14.6%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.13, -13.12, -18.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.13, 22.97, 235.17°)
OKLab	oklab(60.79% -0.0518 -0.0523)
OKLCH	oklch(60.79% 0.074 225.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.2183, 23.0546, 38.5520)
Luminance	0.2306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8CA4 #A4664E

analogous

#4EA491 #4E8CA4 #4E61A4

triadic

#4E8CA4 #A44E8C #8CA44E

tetradic

#4E8CA4 #914EA4 #A4664E #61A44E

square

#4E8CA4 #914EA4 #A4664E #61A44E

split-complementary

#4E8CA4 #A44E61 #A4914E

monochromatic

#274551 #3A697B #4E8CA4 #73A8BC #9CC2D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#4E8CA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#4E8CA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8CA4

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8CA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8CA4	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F89A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7280A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#189394

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8ca4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 140, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.074 225.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86adbf',
    500: '#4e8ca4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8ca4;
$custom-light: #86adbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8ca4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.744,
    "s": 35.537,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60788,
    "c": 0.07362,
    "h": 225.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8CA4

secondary

#BD9D91

accent

#7B5CCC

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8CA4

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

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