#4E8DAD#4E8DAD

#4E8DAD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.081 H 232.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8DAD
RGB	rgb(78, 141, 173)
HSL	hsl(200, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(200, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 18.5%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.77, -10.94, -23.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.77, 25.50, 244.59°)
OKLab	oklab(61.41% -0.0496 -0.0641)
OKLCH	oklch(61.41% 0.081 232.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.2068, 23.6848, 43.0338)
Luminance	0.2369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8DAD #AD6E4E

analogous

#4EAD9E #4E8DAD #4E5DAD

triadic

#4E8DAD #AD4E8D #8DAD4E

tetradic

#4E8DAD #9E4EAD #AD6E4E #5DAD4E

square

#4E8DAD #9E4EAD #AD6E4E #5DAD4E

split-complementary

#4E8DAD #AD4E5D #AD9E4E

monochromatic

#284859 #3B6B83 #4E8DAD #77A8C2 #A1C3D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#4E8DAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#4E8DAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8DAD

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8DAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8DAD	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D8BAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7081AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#029697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8dad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 141, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.081 232.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87aec5',
    500: '#4e8dad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8dad;
$custom-light: #87aec5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8dad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.211,
    "s": 37.849,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61413,
    "c": 0.08105,
    "h": 232.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8DAD

secondary

#C2A495

accent

#815ACE

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8DAD

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

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