#4E8EA7#4E8EA7

#4E8EA7 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.076 H 225.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8EA7
RGB	rgb(78, 142, 167)
HSL	hsl(197, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(197, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.3%, 15%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.84, -13.32, -19.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.84, 23.61, 235.65°)
OKLab	oklab(61.39% -0.053 -0.0541)
OKLCH	oklch(61.39% 0.076 225.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.7873, 23.7540, 40.0940)
Luminance	0.2376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8EA7 #A7674E

analogous

#4EA793 #4E8EA7 #4E61A7

triadic

#4E8EA7 #A74E8E #8EA74E

tetradic

#4E8EA7 #934EA7 #A7674E #61A74E

square

#4E8EA7 #934EA7 #A7674E #61A74E

split-complementary

#4E8EA7 #A74E61 #A7934E

monochromatic

#274754 #3B6B7D #4E8EA7 #74A9BE #9EC3D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#4E8EA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#4E8EA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8EA7

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8EA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8EA7	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808BA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7382A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#119696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8ea7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 142, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.076 225.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86afc1',
    500: '#4e8ea7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8ea7;
$custom-light: #86afc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8ea7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.854,
    "s": 36.327,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61392,
    "c": 0.07573,
    "h": 225.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8EA7

secondary

#BE9F92

accent

#7B5BCC

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8EA7

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

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