#4E8EA9#4E8EA9

#4E8EA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.077 H 227.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8EA9
RGB	rgb(78, 142, 169)
HSL	hsl(198, 37%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(198, 54%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 16%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.92, -12.72, -20.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.92, 24.14, 238.21°)
OKLab	oklab(61.48% -0.0522 -0.057)
OKLCH	oklch(61.48% 0.077 227.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.9736, 23.8285, 41.0752)
Luminance	0.2383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8EA9 #A9694E

analogous

#4EA996 #4E8EA9 #4E60A9

triadic

#4E8EA9 #A94E8E #8EA94E

tetradic

#4E8EA9 #964EA9 #A9694E #60A94E

square

#4E8EA9 #964EA9 #A9694E #60A94E

split-complementary

#4E8EA9 #A94E60 #A9964E

monochromatic

#274855 #3B6B7F #4E8EA9 #75A9BF #9FC3D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#4E8EA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#4E8EA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8EA9

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8EA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8EA9	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808CAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7382A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0D9697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8ea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 142, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.077 227.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86afc2',
    500: '#4e8ea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8ea9;
$custom-light: #86afc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8ea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.802,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61477,
    "c": 0.07732,
    "h": 227.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8EA9

secondary

#BFA093

accent

#7D5BCD

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8EA9

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

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