#4E8CA9#4E8CA9

#4E8CA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.078 H 230.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8CA9
RGB	rgb(78, 140, 169)
HSL	hsl(199, 37%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(199, 54%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 17.2%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.32, -11.61, -21.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.32, 24.38, 241.56°)
OKLab	oklab(61% -0.0499 -0.0596)
OKLCH	oklch(61% 0.078 230.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.6787, 23.2388, 40.9769)
Luminance	0.2324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8CA9 #A96B4E

analogous

#4EA998 #4E8CA9 #4E5EA9

triadic

#4E8CA9 #A94E8C #8CA94E

tetradic

#4E8CA9 #984EA9 #A96B4E #5EA94E

square

#4E8CA9 #984EA9 #A96B4E #5EA94E

split-complementary

#4E8CA9 #A94E5E #A9984E

monochromatic

#274755 #3B697F #4E8CA9 #75A8BF #9FC2D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#4E8CA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#4E8CA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8CA9

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8CA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8CA9	1.00	3.72	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D8AAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7080A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0F9495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8ca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 140, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.078 230.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86adc2',
    500: '#4e8ca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8ca9;
$custom-light: #86adc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8ca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.121,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61001,
    "c": 0.07772,
    "h": 230.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8CA9

secondary

#BFA193

accent

#7F5BCD

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8CA9

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

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