#4E8FA6#4E8FA6

#4E8FA6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.075 H 223.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8FA6
RGB	rgb(78, 143, 166)
HSL	hsl(196, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(196, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(53%, 13.9%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.10, -14.17, -18.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.10, 23.31, 232.57°)
OKLab	oklab(61.59% -0.0546 -0.0513)
OKLCH	oklch(61.59% 0.075 223.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.8447, 24.0161, 39.6588)
Luminance	0.2402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8FA6 #A6654E

analogous

#4EA691 #4E8FA6 #4E63A6

triadic

#4E8FA6 #A64E8F #8FA64E

tetradic

#4E8FA6 #914EA6 #A6654E #63A64E

square

#4E8FA6 #914EA6 #A6654E #63A64E

split-complementary

#4E8FA6 #A64E63 #A6914E

monochromatic

#274753 #3A6B7C #4E8FA6 #74AABE #9DC4D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#4E8FA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#4E8FA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8FA6

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8FA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8FA6	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)

#828CA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7582A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#139696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8fa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 143, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.075 223.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86afc0',
    500: '#4e8fa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8fa6;
$custom-light: #86afc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8fa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.682,
    "s": 36.066,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6159,
    "c": 0.07493,
    "h": 223.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8FA6

secondary

#BE9D92

accent

#795CCC

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8FA6

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

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