#4E8EA8#4E8EA8

#4E8EA8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.077 H 226.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8EA8
RGB	rgb(78, 142, 168)
HSL	hsl(197, 37%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(197, 54%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 15.5%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.88, -13.02, -20.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.88, 23.87, 236.94°)
OKLab	oklab(61.43% -0.0526 -0.0555)
OKLCH	oklch(61.43% 0.077 226.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.8801, 23.7911, 40.5827)
Luminance	0.2379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8EA8 #A8684E

analogous

#4EA895 #4E8EA8 #4E61A8

triadic

#4E8EA8 #A84E8E #8EA84E

tetradic

#4E8EA8 #954EA8 #A8684E #61A84E

square

#4E8EA8 #954EA8 #A8684E #61A84E

split-complementary

#4E8EA8 #A84E61 #A8954E

monochromatic

#274754 #3B6B7E #4E8EA8 #75A9BF #9EC3D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#4E8EA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#4E8EA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8EA8

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8EA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8EA8	1.00	3.65	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808CA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7382A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0F9696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8ea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 142, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.077 226.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86afc2',
    500: '#4e8ea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8ea8;
$custom-light: #86afc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8ea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.333,
    "s": 36.585,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61434,
    "c": 0.07652,
    "h": 226.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8EA8

secondary

#BFA093

accent

#7C5BCD

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8EA8

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

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