#4E8DAE#4E8DAE

#4E8DAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.082 H 233.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8DAE
RGB	rgb(78, 141, 174)
HSL	hsl(201, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(201, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 19%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.81, -10.63, -23.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.81, 25.83, 245.69°)
OKLab	oklab(61.46% -0.0492 -0.0656)
OKLCH	oklch(61.46% 0.082 233.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.3039, 23.7237, 43.5453)
Luminance	0.2372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8DAE #AE6F4E

analogous

#4EAE9F #4E8DAE #4E5DAE

triadic

#4E8DAE #AE4E8D #8DAE4E

tetradic

#4E8DAE #9F4EAE #AE6F4E #5DAE4E

square

#4E8DAE #9F4EAE #AE6F4E #5DAE4E

split-complementary

#4E8DAE #AE4E5D #AE9F4E

monochromatic

#284959 #3B6B84 #4E8DAE #77A8C2 #A1C3D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#4E8DAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#4E8DAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8DAE

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8DAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8DAE	1.00	3.66	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D8BB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7081AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8dae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 141, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.082 233.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87aec6',
    500: '#4e8dae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8dae;
$custom-light: #87aec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8dae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.625,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61457,
    "c": 0.08198,
    "h": 233.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8DAE

secondary

#C2A596

accent

#825ACE

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8DAE

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

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