#4E8DAA#4E8DAA

#4E8DAA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.078 H 229.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8DAA
RGB	rgb(78, 141, 170)
HSL	hsl(199, 37%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(199, 54%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 17.1%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.65, -11.86, -21.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.65, 24.55, 241.11°)
OKLab	oklab(61.28% -0.0507 -0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(61.28% 0.078 229.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.9197, 23.5700, 41.5222)
Luminance	0.2357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8DAA #AA6B4E

analogous

#4EAA99 #4E8DAA #4E5FAA

triadic

#4E8DAA #AA4E8D #8DAA4E

tetradic

#4E8DAA #994EAA #AA6B4E #5FAA4E

square

#4E8DAA #994EAA #AA6B4E #5FAA4E

split-complementary

#4E8DAA #AA4E5F #AA994E

monochromatic

#284756 #3B6A80 #4E8DAA #75A8C0 #9FC3D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#4E8DAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#4E8DAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8DAA

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8DAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8DAA	1.00	3.67	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.67	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)

#7E8BAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7181AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0B9596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8daa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 141, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.078 229.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86aec3',
    500: '#4e8daa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8daa;
$custom-light: #86aec3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8daa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.913,
    "s": 37.097,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61282,
    "c": 0.07836,
    "h": 229.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8DAA

secondary

#C0A294

accent

#7F5BCD

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8DAA

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

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