#4E8EAF#4E8EAF

#4E8EAF is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.083 H 232.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8EAF
RGB	rgb(78, 142, 175)
HSL	hsl(200, 38%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(200, 55%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.4%, 18.9%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.15, -10.88, -23.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.15, 25.98, 245.24°)
OKLab	oklab(61.74% -0.05 -0.0657)
OKLCH	oklch(61.74% 0.083 232.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.5499, 24.0590, 44.1100)
Luminance	0.2406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8EAF #AF6F4E

analogous

#4EAF9F #4E8EAF #4E5EAF

triadic

#4E8EAF #AF4E8E #8EAF4E

tetradic

#4E8EAF #9F4EAF #AF6F4E #5EAF4E

square

#4E8EAF #9F4EAF #AF6F4E #5EAF4E

split-complementary

#4E8EAF #AF4E5E #AF9F4E

monochromatic

#28495A #3B6C85 #4E8EAF #78A9C3 #A2C4D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#4E8EAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#4E8EAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8EAF

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8EAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8EAF	1.00	3.61	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E8CB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7082AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8eaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 142, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.083 232.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87afc7',
    500: '#4e8eaf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8eaf;
$custom-light: #87afc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8eaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.412,
    "s": 38.34,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61737,
    "c": 0.08258,
    "h": 232.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8EAF

secondary

#C3A596

accent

#815ACE

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8EAF

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

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