#4E8FA5#4E8FA5

#4E8FA5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.074 H 222.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8FA5
RGB	rgb(78, 143, 165)
HSL	hsl(195, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(195, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 13.3%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.07, -14.47, -18.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.07, 23.09, 231.21°)
OKLab	oklab(61.55% -0.055 -0.0499)
OKLCH	oklch(61.55% 0.074 222.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.7533, 23.9795, 39.1776)
Luminance	0.2398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8FA5 #A5644E

analogous

#4EA58F #4E8FA5 #4E64A5

triadic

#4E8FA5 #A54E8F #8FA54E

tetradic

#4E8FA5 #8F4EA5 #A5644E #64A54E

square

#4E8FA5 #8F4EA5 #A5644E #64A54E

split-complementary

#4E8FA5 #A54E64 #A58F4E

monochromatic

#274752 #3A6B7B #4E8FA5 #73AABD #9DC3D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#4E8FA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#4E8FA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8FA5

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8FA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8FA5	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828CA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7582A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#159696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8fa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 143, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.074 222.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86afbf',
    500: '#4e8fa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8fa5;
$custom-light: #86afbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8fa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.172,
    "s": 35.802,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61549,
    "c": 0.07424,
    "h": 222.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8FA5

secondary

#BD9D91

accent

#785CCC

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8FA5

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

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