#4E8FA3#4E8FA3

#4E8FA3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.073 H 220.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8FA3
RGB	rgb(78, 143, 163)
HSL	hsl(194, 35%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(194, 52%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 12.3%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.99, -15.06, -16.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.99, 22.68, 228.40°)
OKLab	oklab(61.47% -0.0558 -0.0469)
OKLCH	oklch(61.47% 0.073 220.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.5727, 23.9073, 38.2264)
Luminance	0.2391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8FA3 #A3624E

analogous

#4EA38D #4E8FA3 #4E64A3

triadic

#4E8FA3 #A34E8F #8FA34E

tetradic

#4E8FA3 #8D4EA3 #A3624E #64A34E

square

#4E8FA3 #8D4EA3 #A3624E #64A34E

split-complementary

#4E8FA3 #A34E64 #A38D4E

monochromatic

#264650 #3A6B7A #4E8FA3 #72ABBC #9CC3D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#4E8FA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#4E8FA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8FA3

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8FA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8FA3	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838CA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7682A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#189695

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8fa3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 143, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.073 220.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b0be',
    500: '#4e8fa3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8fa3;
$custom-light: #86b0be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8fa3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.118,
    "s": 35.27,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61467,
    "c": 0.07292,
    "h": 220.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8FA3

secondary

#BC9B91

accent

#775CCB

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8FA3

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

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