#4E8EA5#4E8EA5

#4E8EA5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.074 H 223.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8EA5
RGB	rgb(78, 142, 165)
HSL	hsl(196, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(196, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 13.9%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.77, -13.92, -18.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.77, 23.12, 232.97°)
OKLab	oklab(61.31% -0.0538 -0.0511)
OKLCH	oklch(61.31% 0.074 223.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.6038, 23.6806, 39.1278)
Luminance	0.2368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8EA5 #A5654E

analogous

#4EA590 #4E8EA5 #4E63A5

triadic

#4E8EA5 #A54E8E #8EA54E

tetradic

#4E8EA5 #904EA5 #A5654E #63A54E

square

#4E8EA5 #904EA5 #A5654E #63A54E

split-complementary

#4E8EA5 #A54E63 #A5904E

monochromatic

#274652 #3A6A7B #4E8EA5 #73A9BD #9DC3D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#4E8EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#4E8EA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8EA5

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8EA5	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818BA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7481A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#159595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 142, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.074 223.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86afbf',
    500: '#4e8ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8ea5;
$custom-light: #86afbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.862,
    "s": 35.802,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61309,
    "c": 0.07424,
    "h": 223.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8EA5

secondary

#BD9D91

accent

#7A5CCC

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8EA5

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

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