#4E8EAA#4E8EAA

#4E8EAA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.078 H 228.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8EAA
RGB	rgb(78, 142, 170)
HSL	hsl(198, 37%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(198, 54%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 16.5%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.95, -12.41, -21.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.95, 24.42, 239.45°)
OKLab	oklab(61.52% -0.0519 -0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(61.52% 0.078 228.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.0679, 23.8662, 41.5715)
Luminance	0.2387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8EAA #AA6A4E

analogous

#4EAA98 #4E8EAA #4E60AA

triadic

#4E8EAA #AA4E8E #8EAA4E

tetradic

#4E8EAA #984EAA #AA6A4E #60AA4E

square

#4E8EAA #984EAA #AA6A4E #60AA4E

split-complementary

#4E8EAA #AA4E60 #AA984E

monochromatic

#284856 #3B6B80 #4E8EAA #75A9C0 #9FC3D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#4E8EAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#4E8EAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8EAA

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8EAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8EAA	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)

#7F8CAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7282AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0A9697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8eaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 142, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.078 228.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86afc3',
    500: '#4e8eaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8eaa;
$custom-light: #86afc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8eaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.261,
    "s": 37.097,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6152,
    "c": 0.07815,
    "h": 228.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8EAA

secondary

#C0A194

accent

#7E5BCD

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8EAA

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

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