#4E8CA7#4E8CA7

#4E8CA7 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.076 H 228.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8CA7
RGB	rgb(78, 140, 167)
HSL	hsl(198, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(198, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.3%, 16.2%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.24, -12.22, -20.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.24, 23.78, 239.09°)
OKLab	oklab(60.92% -0.0507 -0.0567)
OKLCH	oklch(60.92% 0.076 228.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.4924, 23.1642, 39.9957)
Luminance	0.2317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8CA7 #A7694E

analogous

#4EA795 #4E8CA7 #4E5FA7

triadic

#4E8CA7 #A74E8C #8CA74E

tetradic

#4E8CA7 #954EA7 #A7694E #5FA74E

square

#4E8CA7 #954EA7 #A7694E #5FA74E

split-complementary

#4E8CA7 #A74E5F #A7954E

monochromatic

#274654 #3B697D #4E8CA7 #74A8BE #9EC2D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#4E8CA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#4E8CA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8CA7

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8CA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8CA7	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)

#7E8AA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7180A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#139495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8ca7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 140, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.076 228.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86adc1',
    500: '#4e8ca7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8ca7;
$custom-light: #86adc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8ca7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.202,
    "s": 36.327,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60915,
    "c": 0.07601,
    "h": 228.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8CA7

secondary

#BEA092

accent

#7E5BCC

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8CA7

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

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