#4E8CAA#4E8CAA

#4E8CAA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.079 H 231.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8CAA
RGB	rgb(78, 140, 170)
HSL	hsl(200, 37%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(200, 54%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 17.6%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.36, -11.30, -21.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.36, 24.69, 242.75°)
OKLab	oklab(61.04% -0.0495 -0.061)
OKLCH	oklch(61.04% 0.079 231)
XYZ	xyz(19.7730, 23.2764, 41.4732)
Luminance	0.2328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8CAA #AA6C4E

analogous

#4EAA9A #4E8CAA #4E5EAA

triadic

#4E8CAA #AA4E8C #8CAA4E

tetradic

#4E8CAA #9A4EAA #AA6C4E #5EAA4E

square

#4E8CAA #9A4EAA #AA6C4E #5EAA4E

split-complementary

#4E8CAA #AA4E5E #AA9A4E

monochromatic

#284756 #3B6980 #4E8CAA #75A8C0 #9FC2D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#4E8CAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#4E8CAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8CAA

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8CAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8CAA	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D8AAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7080AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0C9496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8caa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 140, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.079 231.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86adc3',
    500: '#4e8caa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8caa;
$custom-light: #86adc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8caa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.565,
    "s": 37.097,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61044,
    "c": 0.07861,
    "h": 231
  },
  "luminance": 0.23278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8CAA

secondary

#C0A294

accent

#805BCD

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8CAA

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

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