#4E8DA2#4E8DA2

#4E8DA2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.072 H 221.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8DA2
RGB	rgb(78, 141, 162)
HSL	hsl(195, 35%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(195, 52%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 13%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.36, -14.27, -17.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.36, 22.47, 230.59°)
OKLab	oklab(60.95% -0.0538 -0.0481)
OKLCH	oklch(60.95% 0.072 221.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.1859, 23.2765, 37.6572)
Luminance	0.2328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8DA2 #A2634E

analogous

#4EA28D #4E8DA2 #4E63A2

triadic

#4E8DA2 #A24E8D #8DA24E

tetradic

#4E8DA2 #8D4EA2 #A2634E #63A24E

square

#4E8DA2 #8D4EA2 #A2634E #63A24E

split-complementary

#4E8DA2 #A24E63 #A28D4E

monochromatic

#26454F #3A6979 #4E8DA2 #72A9BB #9BC2CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#4E8DA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#4E8DA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8DA2

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8DA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8DA2	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)

#818AA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7480A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1A9494

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8da2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 141, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.072 221.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86aebd',
    500: '#4e8da2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8da2;
$custom-light: #86aebd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8da2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 35,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60945,
    "c": 0.07215,
    "h": 221.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8DA2

secondary

#BC9B90

accent

#785DCB

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8DA2

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

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