#4E8EA1#4E8EA1

#4E8EA1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.072 H 219.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8EA1
RGB	rgb(78, 142, 161)
HSL	hsl(194, 35%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(194, 52%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 11.8%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.62, -15.11, -16.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.62, 22.28, 227.32°)
OKLab	oklab(61.15% -0.0554 -0.0453)
OKLCH	oklch(61.15% 0.072 219.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.2455, 23.5373, 37.2403)
Luminance	0.2354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8EA1 #A1614E

analogous

#4EA18B #4E8EA1 #4E65A1

triadic

#4E8EA1 #A14E8E #8EA14E

tetradic

#4E8EA1 #8B4EA1 #A1614E #65A14E

square

#4E8EA1 #8B4EA1 #A1614E #65A14E

split-complementary

#4E8EA1 #A14E65 #A18B4E

monochromatic

#26454F #3A6A78 #4E8EA1 #72AABB #9BC3CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#4E8EA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#4E8EA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8EA1

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8EA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8EA1	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	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)

#828BA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7681A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B9594

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8ea1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 142, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.072 219.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86afbc',
    500: '#4e8ea1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8ea1;
$custom-light: #86afbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8ea1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.735,
    "s": 34.728,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61145,
    "c": 0.07158,
    "h": 219.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8EA1

secondary

#BB9A90

accent

#765DCB

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8EA1

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

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