#4E8CA5#4E8CA5

#4E8CA5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.074 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8CA5
RGB	rgb(78, 140, 165)
HSL	hsl(197, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(197, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 15.2%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.17, -12.82, -19.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.17, 23.23, 236.51°)
OKLab	oklab(60.83% -0.0514 -0.0537)
OKLCH	oklch(60.83% 0.074 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.3090, 23.0908, 39.0295)
Luminance	0.2309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8CA5 #A5674E

analogous

#4EA592 #4E8CA5 #4E61A5

triadic

#4E8CA5 #A54E8C #8CA54E

tetradic

#4E8CA5 #924EA5 #A5674E #61A54E

square

#4E8CA5 #924EA5 #A5674E #61A54E

split-complementary

#4E8CA5 #A54E61 #A5924E

monochromatic

#274552 #3A697B #4E8CA5 #73A8BD #9DC2D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#4E8CA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#4E8CA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8CA5

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8CA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8CA5	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8AA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7280A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#169394

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8ca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 140, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.074 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86adbf',
    500: '#4e8ca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8ca5;
$custom-light: #86adbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8ca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.241,
    "s": 35.802,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6083,
    "c": 0.07439,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8CA5

secondary

#BD9E91

accent

#7C5CCC

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8CA5

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

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