#4E8DA9#4E8DA9

#4E8DA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.077 H 228.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8DA9
RGB	rgb(78, 141, 169)
HSL	hsl(198, 37%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(198, 54%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 16.6%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.62, -12.16, -20.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.62, 24.25, 239.89°)
OKLab	oklab(61.24% -0.0511 -0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(61.24% 0.078 228.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.8255, 23.5323, 41.0259)
Luminance	0.2353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8DA9 #A96A4E

analogous

#4EA997 #4E8DA9 #4E5FA9

triadic

#4E8DA9 #A94E8D #8DA94E

tetradic

#4E8DA9 #974EA9 #A96A4E #5FA94E

square

#4E8DA9 #974EA9 #A96A4E #5FA94E

split-complementary

#4E8DA9 #A94E5F #A9974E

monochromatic

#274755 #3B6A7F #4E8DA9 #75A8BF #9FC3D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#4E8DA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#4E8DA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8DA9

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8DA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8DA9	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8BAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7281A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0E9596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8da9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 141, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.077 228.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86aec2',
    500: '#4e8da9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8da9;
$custom-light: #86aec2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8da9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.462,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61239,
    "c": 0.0775,
    "h": 228.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8DA9

secondary

#BFA193

accent

#7E5BCD

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8DA9

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

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