#4E8EAD#4E8EAD

#4E8EAD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.081 H 231.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8EAD
RGB	rgb(78, 142, 173)
HSL	hsl(200, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(200, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 17.9%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.07, -11.50, -22.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.07, 25.33, 243.01°)
OKLab	oklab(61.65% -0.0507 -0.0628)
OKLCH	oklch(61.65% 0.081 231.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.3549, 23.9811, 43.0832)
Luminance	0.2398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8EAD #AD6D4E

analogous

#4EAD9D #4E8EAD #4E5FAD

triadic

#4E8EAD #AD4E8E #8EAD4E

tetradic

#4E8EAD #9D4EAD #AD6D4E #5FAD4E

square

#4E8EAD #9D4EAD #AD6D4E #5FAD4E

split-complementary

#4E8EAD #AD4E5F #AD9D4E

monochromatic

#284959 #3B6B83 #4E8EAD #77A9C2 #A1C4D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#4E8EAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#4E8EAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8EAD

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8EAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8EAD	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8CAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7182AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#019798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8ead;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 142, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.081 231.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87afc5',
    500: '#4e8ead',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8ead;
$custom-light: #87afc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8ead",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.579,
    "s": 37.849,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61649,
    "c": 0.08075,
    "h": 231.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8EAD

secondary

#C2A495

accent

#805ACE

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8EAD

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

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