#4E8EA0#4E8EA0

#4E8EA0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.071 H 218.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8EA0
RGB	rgb(78, 142, 160)
HSL	hsl(193, 34%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(193, 51%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 11.2%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.59, -15.40, -15.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.59, 22.11, 225.84°)
OKLab	oklab(61.11% -0.0558 -0.0439)
OKLCH	oklch(61.11% 0.071 218.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.1576, 23.5022, 36.7777)
Luminance	0.2350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8EA0 #A0604E

analogous

#4EA089 #4E8EA0 #4E65A0

triadic

#4E8EA0 #A04E8E #8EA04E

tetradic

#4E8EA0 #894EA0 #A0604E #65A04E

square

#4E8EA0 #894EA0 #A0604E #65A04E

split-complementary

#4E8EA0 #A04E65 #A0894E

monochromatic

#26454E #3A6977 #4E8EA0 #71AABA #9AC3CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#4E8EA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#4E8EA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8EA0

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8EA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8EA0	1.00	3.68	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828BA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7681A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D9494

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8ea0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 142, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.071 218.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85afbc',
    500: '#4e8ea0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8ea0;
$custom-light: #85afbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8ea0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.171,
    "s": 34.454,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61105,
    "c": 0.07098,
    "h": 218.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8EA0

secondary

#BB998F

accent

#755DCB

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8EA0

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

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