#4E8DA5#4E8DA5

#4E8DA5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.074 H 224.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8DA5
RGB	rgb(78, 141, 165)
HSL	hsl(197, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(197, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 14.5%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.47, -13.37, -18.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.47, 23.16, 234.74°)
OKLab	oklab(61.07% -0.0526 -0.0524)
OKLCH	oklch(61.07% 0.074 224.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.4557, 23.3844, 39.0784)
Luminance	0.2339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8DA5 #A5664E

analogous

#4EA591 #4E8DA5 #4E61A5

triadic

#4E8DA5 #A54E8D #8DA54E

tetradic

#4E8DA5 #914EA5 #A5664E #61A54E

square

#4E8DA5 #914EA5 #A5664E #61A54E

split-complementary

#4E8DA5 #A54E61 #A5914E

monochromatic

#274652 #3A697B #4E8DA5 #73A9BD #9DC2D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#4E8DA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#4E8DA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8DA5

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8DA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8DA5	1.00	3.70	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808AA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7381A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#169495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8da5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 141, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.074 224.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86aebf',
    500: '#4e8da5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8da5;
$custom-light: #86aebf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8da5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.552,
    "s": 35.802,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61069,
    "c": 0.0743,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8DA5

secondary

#BD9E91

accent

#7B5CCC

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8DA5

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

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