#4E8DA7#4E8DA7

#4E8DA7 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.076 H 226.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8DA7
RGB	rgb(78, 141, 167)
HSL	hsl(198, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(198, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.3%, 15.6%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.54, -12.77, -19.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.54, 23.68, 237.37°)
OKLab	oklab(61.15% -0.0518 -0.0554)
OKLCH	oklch(61.15% 0.076 226.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.6392, 23.4578, 40.0446)
Luminance	0.2346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8DA7 #A7684E

analogous

#4EA794 #4E8DA7 #4E60A7

triadic

#4E8DA7 #A74E8D #8DA74E

tetradic

#4E8DA7 #944EA7 #A7684E #60A74E

square

#4E8DA7 #944EA7 #A7684E #60A74E

split-complementary

#4E8DA7 #A74E60 #A7944E

monochromatic

#274754 #3B6A7D #4E8DA7 #74A8BE #9EC2D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#4E8DA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#4E8DA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8DA7

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8DA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8DA7	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8BA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7281A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#129595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8da7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 141, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.076 226.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86aec1',
    500: '#4e8da7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8da7;
$custom-light: #86aec1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8da7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.528,
    "s": 36.327,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61153,
    "c": 0.07586,
    "h": 226.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8DA7

secondary

#BE9F92

accent

#7C5BCC

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8DA7

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

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