#4E8CA8#4E8CA8

#4E8CA8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.077 H 229.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8CA8
RGB	rgb(78, 140, 168)
HSL	hsl(199, 37%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(199, 54%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 16.7%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.28, -11.91, -20.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.28, 24.07, 240.34°)
OKLab	oklab(60.96% -0.0503 -0.0581)
OKLCH	oklch(60.96% 0.077 229.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.5852, 23.2013, 40.4844)
Luminance	0.2320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8CA8 #A86A4E

analogous

#4EA897 #4E8CA8 #4E5FA8

triadic

#4E8CA8 #A84E8C #8CA84E

tetradic

#4E8CA8 #974EA8 #A86A4E #5FA84E

square

#4E8CA8 #974EA8 #A86A4E #5FA84E

split-complementary

#4E8CA8 #A84E5F #A8974E

monochromatic

#274654 #3B697E #4E8CA8 #75A8BF #9EC2D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#4E8CA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#4E8CA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8CA8

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8CA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8CA8	1.00	3.72	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E8AA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7180A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#119495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8ca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 140, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.077 229.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86adc2',
    500: '#4e8ca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8ca8;
$custom-light: #86adc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8ca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.667,
    "s": 36.585,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60958,
    "c": 0.07686,
    "h": 229.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8CA8

secondary

#BFA193

accent

#7E5BCD

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8CA8

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

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