#4E8FA7#4E8FA7

#4E8FA7 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.076 H 224.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8FA7
RGB	rgb(78, 143, 167)
HSL	hsl(196, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(196, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.3%, 14.4%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.14, -13.87, -19.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.14, 23.55, 233.91°)
OKLab	oklab(61.63% -0.0542 -0.0528)
OKLCH	oklch(61.63% 0.076 224.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.9368, 24.0529, 40.1438)
Luminance	0.2406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8FA7 #A7664E

analogous

#4EA792 #4E8FA7 #4E62A7

triadic

#4E8FA7 #A74E8F #8FA74E

tetradic

#4E8FA7 #924EA7 #A7664E #62A74E

square

#4E8FA7 #924EA7 #A7664E #62A74E

split-complementary

#4E8FA7 #A74E62 #A7924E

monochromatic

#274854 #3B6B7D #4E8FA7 #74AABE #9EC4D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#4E8FA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#4E8FA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8FA7

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8FA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8FA7	1.00	3.61	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828CA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7582A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#119697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8fa7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 143, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.076 224.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86afc1',
    500: '#4e8fa7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8fa7;
$custom-light: #86afc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8fa7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.18,
    "s": 36.327,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61631,
    "c": 0.07566,
    "h": 224.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8FA7

secondary

#BE9E92

accent

#7A5BCC

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8FA7

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

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