#4E8CA6#4E8CA6

#4E8CA6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.075 H 227.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8CA6
RGB	rgb(78, 140, 166)
HSL	hsl(198, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(198, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(53%, 15.7%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.20, -12.52, -19.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.20, 23.50, 237.81°)
OKLab	oklab(60.87% -0.051 -0.0552)
OKLCH	oklch(60.87% 0.075 227.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.4003, 23.1274, 39.5107)
Luminance	0.2313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8CA6 #A6684E

analogous

#4EA694 #4E8CA6 #4E60A6

triadic

#4E8CA6 #A64E8C #8CA64E

tetradic

#4E8CA6 #944EA6 #A6684E #60A64E

square

#4E8CA6 #944EA6 #A6684E #60A64E

split-complementary

#4E8CA6 #A64E60 #A6944E

monochromatic

#274653 #3A697C #4E8CA6 #74A8BE #9DC2D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#4E8CA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#4E8CA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8CA6

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8CA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8CA6	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E8AA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7280A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#159494

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8ca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 140, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.075 227.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86adc0',
    500: '#4e8ca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8ca6;
$custom-light: #86adc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8ca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.727,
    "s": 36.066,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60872,
    "c": 0.07519,
    "h": 227.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8CA6

secondary

#BE9F92

accent

#7D5CCC

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8CA6

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

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