#4E8DA1#4E8DA1

#4E8DA1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.071 H 220.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8DA1
RGB	rgb(78, 141, 161)
HSL	hsl(194, 35%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(194, 52%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 12.4%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.32, -14.56, -16.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.32, 22.26, 229.15°)
OKLab	oklab(60.9% -0.0542 -0.0466)
OKLCH	oklch(60.9% 0.071 220.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.0973, 23.2411, 37.1909)
Luminance	0.2324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8DA1 #A1624E

analogous

#4EA18C #4E8DA1 #4E64A1

triadic

#4E8DA1 #A14E8D #8DA14E

tetradic

#4E8DA1 #8C4EA1 #A1624E #64A14E

square

#4E8DA1 #8C4EA1 #A1624E #64A14E

split-complementary

#4E8DA1 #A14E64 #A18C4E

monochromatic

#26454F #3A6978 #4E8DA1 #72A9BB #9BC2CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#4E8DA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#4E8DA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8DA1

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8DA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8DA1	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)

#818AA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7480A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C9493

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8da1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 141, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.071 220.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86aebc',
    500: '#4e8da1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8da1;
$custom-light: #86aebc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8da1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.458,
    "s": 34.728,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60904,
    "c": 0.07149,
    "h": 220.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8DA1

secondary

#BB9A90

accent

#775DCB

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8DA1

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

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