#4E8FA1#4E8FA1

#4E8FA1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.072 H 217.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8FA1
RGB	rgb(78, 143, 161)
HSL	hsl(193, 35%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(193, 52%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 11.2%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.92, -15.65, -15.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.92, 22.33, 225.50°)
OKLab	oklab(61.39% -0.0566 -0.044)
OKLCH	oklch(61.39% 0.072 217.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.3949, 23.8362, 37.2901)
Luminance	0.2384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8FA1 #A1604E

analogous

#4EA18A #4E8FA1 #4E66A1

triadic

#4E8FA1 #A14E8F #8FA14E

tetradic

#4E8FA1 #8A4EA1 #A1604E #66A14E

square

#4E8FA1 #8A4EA1 #A1604E #66A14E

split-complementary

#4E8FA1 #A14E66 #A18A4E

monochromatic

#26464F #3A6A78 #4E8FA1 #72ABBB #9BC3CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#4E8FA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#4E8FA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8FA1

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8FA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8FA1	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)

#838BA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7782A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B9595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8fa1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 143, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.072 217.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b0bc',
    500: '#4e8fa1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8fa1;
$custom-light: #86b0bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8fa1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.012,
    "s": 34.728,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61386,
    "c": 0.07171,
    "h": 217.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8FA1

secondary

#BB9990

accent

#755DCB

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8FA1

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

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