#4E8EA6#4E8EA6

#4E8EA6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.075 H 224.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8EA6
RGB	rgb(78, 142, 166)
HSL	hsl(196, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(196, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(53%, 14.5%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.80, -13.62, -18.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.80, 23.36, 234.32°)
OKLab	oklab(61.35% -0.0534 -0.0526)
OKLCH	oklch(61.35% 0.075 224.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.6952, 23.7172, 39.6090)
Luminance	0.2372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8EA6 #A6664E

analogous

#4EA692 #4E8EA6 #4E62A6

triadic

#4E8EA6 #A64E8E #8EA64E

tetradic

#4E8EA6 #924EA6 #A6664E #62A64E

square

#4E8EA6 #924EA6 #A6664E #62A64E

split-complementary

#4E8EA6 #A64E62 #A6924E

monochromatic

#274753 #3A6A7C #4E8EA6 #74A9BE #9DC3D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#4E8EA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#4E8EA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8EA6

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8EA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8EA6	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)

#818BA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7481A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#139596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8ea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 142, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.075 224.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86afc0',
    500: '#4e8ea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8ea6;
$custom-light: #86afc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8ea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 36.066,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6135,
    "c": 0.07498,
    "h": 224.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8EA6

secondary

#BE9E92

accent

#7A5CCC

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8EA6

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

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