#4E8DA3#4E8DA3

#4E8DA3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.073 H 222.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8DA3
RGB	rgb(78, 141, 163)
HSL	hsl(196, 35%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(196, 52%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 13.5%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.39, -13.97, -17.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.39, 22.69, 232.00°)
OKLab	oklab(60.99% -0.0534 -0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(60.99% 0.073 222.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.2751, 23.3122, 38.1272)
Luminance	0.2331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8DA3 #A3644E

analogous

#4EA38E #4E8DA3 #4E63A3

triadic

#4E8DA3 #A34E8D #8DA34E

tetradic

#4E8DA3 #8E4EA3 #A3644E #63A34E

square

#4E8DA3 #8E4EA3 #A3644E #63A34E

split-complementary

#4E8DA3 #A34E63 #A38E4E

monochromatic

#264550 #3A697A #4E8DA3 #72A9BC #9CC2D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#4E8DA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#4E8DA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8DA3

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8DA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8DA3	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)

#808AA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7481A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#199494

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8da3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 141, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.073 222.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86aebe',
    500: '#4e8da3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8da3;
$custom-light: #86aebe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8da3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.529,
    "s": 35.27,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60986,
    "c": 0.07284,
    "h": 222.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8DA3

secondary

#BC9C91

accent

#795CCB

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8DA3

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

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