#4E8FA0#4E8FA0

#4E8FA0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.071 H 216.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8FA0
RGB	rgb(78, 143, 160)
HSL	hsl(192, 34%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(192, 51%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 10.6%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.89, -15.94, -15.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.89, 22.17, 224.01°)
OKLab	oklab(61.35% -0.057 -0.0426)
OKLCH	oklch(61.35% 0.071 216.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.3071, 23.8011, 36.8275)
Luminance	0.2380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8FA0 #A05F4E

analogous

#4EA088 #4E8FA0 #4E66A0

triadic

#4E8FA0 #A04E8F #8FA04E

tetradic

#4E8FA0 #884EA0 #A05F4E #66A04E

square

#4E8FA0 #884EA0 #A05F4E #66A04E

split-complementary

#4E8FA0 #A04E66 #A0884E

monochromatic

#26454E #3A6A77 #4E8FA0 #71ABBA #9AC3CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#4E8FA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#4E8FA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8FA0

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8FA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8FA0	1.00	3.65	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838BA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7782A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C9594

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8fa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 143, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.071 216.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b0bc',
    500: '#4e8fa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8fa0;
$custom-light: #86b0bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8fa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.439,
    "s": 34.454,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61346,
    "c": 0.07116,
    "h": 216.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8FA0

secondary

#BB988F

accent

#745DCB

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8FA0

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

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