#4E8FA4#4E8FA4

#4E8FA4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.074 H 221.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8FA4
RGB	rgb(78, 143, 164)
HSL	hsl(195, 36%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(195, 52%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 12.8%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.03, -14.77, -17.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.03, 22.88, 229.81°)
OKLab	oklab(61.51% -0.0554 -0.0484)
OKLCH	oklch(61.51% 0.074 221.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.6626, 23.9433, 38.7001)
Luminance	0.2394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8FA4 #A4634E

analogous

#4EA48E #4E8FA4 #4E64A4

triadic

#4E8FA4 #A44E8F #8FA44E

tetradic

#4E8FA4 #8E4EA4 #A4634E #64A44E

square

#4E8FA4 #8E4EA4 #A4634E #64A44E

split-complementary

#4E8FA4 #A44E64 #A48E4E

monochromatic

#274751 #3A6B7B #4E8FA4 #73AABC #9CC3D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#4E8FA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#4E8FA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8FA4

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8FA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8FA4	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828CA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7682A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#169696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8fa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 143, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.074 221.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86afbf',
    500: '#4e8fa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8fa4;
$custom-light: #86afbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8fa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.651,
    "s": 35.537,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61507,
    "c": 0.07357,
    "h": 221.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8FA4

secondary

#BD9C91

accent

#775CCC

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8FA4

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

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