#4E8DA8#4E8DA8

#4E8DA8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.077 H 227.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8DA8
RGB	rgb(78, 141, 168)
HSL	hsl(198, 37%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(198, 54%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 16.1%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.58, -12.47, -20.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.58, 23.96, 238.65°)
OKLab	oklab(61.2% -0.0515 -0.0568)
OKLCH	oklch(61.2% 0.077 227.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.7320, 23.4949, 40.5333)
Luminance	0.2350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8DA8 #A8694E

analogous

#4EA896 #4E8DA8 #4E60A8

triadic

#4E8DA8 #A84E8D #8DA84E

tetradic

#4E8DA8 #964EA8 #A8694E #60A84E

square

#4E8DA8 #964EA8 #A8694E #60A84E

split-complementary

#4E8DA8 #A84E60 #A8964E

monochromatic

#274754 #3B6A7E #4E8DA8 #75A8BF #9EC3D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#4E8DA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#4E8DA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8DA8

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8DA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8DA8	1.00	3.68	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8BA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7281A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#109596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8da8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 141, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.077 227.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86aec2',
    500: '#4e8da8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8da8;
$custom-light: #86aec2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8da8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198,
    "s": 36.585,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61196,
    "c": 0.07667,
    "h": 227.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8DA8

secondary

#BFA093

accent

#7D5BCD

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8DA8

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

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