#4E8DA4#4E8DA4

#4E8DA4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.074 H 223.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8DA4
RGB	rgb(78, 141, 164)
HSL	hsl(196, 36%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(196, 52%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 14%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.43, -13.67, -18.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.43, 22.92, 233.38°)
OKLab	oklab(61.03% -0.053 -0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(61.03% 0.074 223.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.3651, 23.3481, 38.6009)
Luminance	0.2335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8DA4 #A4654E

analogous

#4EA490 #4E8DA4 #4E62A4

triadic

#4E8DA4 #A44E8D #8DA44E

tetradic

#4E8DA4 #904EA4 #A4654E #62A44E

square

#4E8DA4 #904EA4 #A4654E #62A44E

split-complementary

#4E8DA4 #A44E62 #A4904E

monochromatic

#274651 #3A697B #4E8DA4 #73A9BC #9CC2D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#4E8DA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#4E8DA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8DA4

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8DA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8DA4	1.00	3.70	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808AA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7381A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#179494

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8da4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 141, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.074 223.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86aebf',
    500: '#4e8da4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8da4;
$custom-light: #86aebf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8da4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.047,
    "s": 35.537,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61027,
    "c": 0.07356,
    "h": 223.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8DA4

secondary

#BD9D91

accent

#7A5CCC

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8DA4

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

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