#4E8EA4#4E8EA4

#4E8EA4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.074 H 222.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8EA4
RGB	rgb(78, 142, 164)
HSL	hsl(195, 36%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(195, 52%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 13.4%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.73, -14.22, -17.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.73, 22.89, 231.60°)
OKLab	oklab(61.27% -0.0542 -0.0497)
OKLCH	oklch(61.27% 0.074 222.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.5132, 23.6444, 38.6503)
Luminance	0.2365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8EA4 #A4644E

analogous

#4EA48F #4E8EA4 #4E63A4

triadic

#4E8EA4 #A44E8E #8EA44E

tetradic

#4E8EA4 #8F4EA4 #A4644E #63A44E

square

#4E8EA4 #8F4EA4 #A4644E #63A44E

split-complementary

#4E8EA4 #A44E63 #A48F4E

monochromatic

#274651 #3A6A7B #4E8EA4 #73AABC #9CC3D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#4E8EA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#4E8EA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8EA4

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8EA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8EA4	1.00	3.67	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818BA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7481A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#179595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8ea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 142, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.074 222.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86afbf',
    500: '#4e8ea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8ea4;
$custom-light: #86afbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8ea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.349,
    "s": 35.537,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61267,
    "c": 0.07354,
    "h": 222.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8EA4

secondary

#BD9C91

accent

#795CCC

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8EA4

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

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