#4E8EAE#4E8EAE

#4E8EAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.082 H 231.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8EAE
RGB	rgb(78, 142, 174)
HSL	hsl(200, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(200, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 18.4%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.11, -11.19, -23.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.11, 25.65, 244.14°)
OKLab	oklab(61.69% -0.0504 -0.0643)
OKLCH	oklch(61.69% 0.082 231.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.4520, 24.0199, 43.5947)
Luminance	0.2402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8EAE #AE6E4E

analogous

#4EAE9E #4E8EAE #4E5EAE

triadic

#4E8EAE #AE4E8E #8EAE4E

tetradic

#4E8EAE #9E4EAE #AE6E4E #5EAE4E

square

#4E8EAE #9E4EAE #AE6E4E #5EAE4E

split-complementary

#4E8EAE #AE4E5E #AE9E4E

monochromatic

#284959 #3B6C84 #4E8EAE #77A9C2 #A1C4D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#4E8EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#4E8EAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8EAE

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8EAE	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)

#7E8CB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7182AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 142, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.082 231.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87afc6',
    500: '#4e8eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8eae;
$custom-light: #87afc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61693,
    "c": 0.08165,
    "h": 231.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8EAE

secondary

#C2A596

accent

#815ACE

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8EAE

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

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