#4E8EA3#4E8EA3

#4E8EA3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.073 H 221.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8EA3
RGB	rgb(78, 142, 163)
HSL	hsl(195, 35%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(195, 52%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 12.9%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.69, -14.52, -17.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.69, 22.67, 230.20°)
OKLab	oklab(61.23% -0.0546 -0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(61.23% 0.073 221.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.4232, 23.6084, 38.1765)
Luminance	0.2361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8EA3 #A3634E

analogous

#4EA38E #4E8EA3 #4E63A3

triadic

#4E8EA3 #A34E8E #8EA34E

tetradic

#4E8EA3 #8E4EA3 #A3634E #63A34E

square

#4E8EA3 #8E4EA3 #A3634E #63A34E

split-complementary

#4E8EA3 #A34E63 #A38E4E

monochromatic

#264650 #3A6A7A #4E8EA3 #72AABC #9CC3D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#4E8EA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#4E8EA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8EA3

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8EA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8EA3	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818BA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7581A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#189595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8ea3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 142, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.073 221.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86afbe',
    500: '#4e8ea3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8ea3;
$custom-light: #86afbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8ea3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.824,
    "s": 35.27,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61226,
    "c": 0.07287,
    "h": 221.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8EA3

secondary

#BC9B91

accent

#785CCB

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8EA3

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

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