#4E8DAC#4E8DAC

#4E8DAC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.080 H 231.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8DAC
RGB	rgb(78, 141, 172)
HSL	hsl(200, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(200, 55%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 18%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.73, -11.25, -22.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.73, 25.17, 243.46°)
OKLab	oklab(61.37% -0.0499 -0.0627)
OKLCH	oklch(61.37% 0.08 231.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.1104, 23.6463, 42.5261)
Luminance	0.2365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8DAC #AC6D4E

analogous

#4EAC9C #4E8DAC #4E5EAC

triadic

#4E8DAC #AC4E8D #8DAC4E

tetradic

#4E8DAC #9C4EAC #AC6D4E #5EAC4E

square

#4E8DAC #9C4EAC #AC6D4E #5EAC4E

split-complementary

#4E8DAC #AC4E5E #AC9C4E

monochromatic

#284858 #3B6A82 #4E8DAC #76A8C1 #A0C3D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#4E8DAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#4E8DAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8DAC

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8DAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8DAC	1.00	3.67	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E8BAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7081AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#059697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8dac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 141, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.080 231.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87aec4',
    500: '#4e8dac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8dac;
$custom-light: #87aec4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8dac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.787,
    "s": 37.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61369,
    "c": 0.08013,
    "h": 231.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8DAC

secondary

#C1A395

accent

#805ACE

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8DAC

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

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