#4E8FA8#4E8FA8

#4E8FA8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.076 H 225.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8FA8
RGB	rgb(78, 143, 168)
HSL	hsl(197, 37%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(197, 54%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 14.9%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.18, -13.57, -19.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.18, 23.79, 235.23°)
OKLab	oklab(61.67% -0.0538 -0.0542)
OKLCH	oklch(61.67% 0.076 225.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.0296, 24.0900, 40.6325)
Luminance	0.2409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8FA8 #A8674E

analogous

#4EA894 #4E8FA8 #4E62A8

triadic

#4E8FA8 #A84E8F #8FA84E

tetradic

#4E8FA8 #944EA8 #A8674E #62A84E

square

#4E8FA8 #944EA8 #A8674E #62A84E

split-complementary

#4E8FA8 #A84E62 #A8944E

monochromatic

#274854 #3B6B7E #4E8FA8 #75AABF #9EC4D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#4E8FA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#4E8FA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8FA8

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8FA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8FA8	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818CA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7482A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0E9797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8fa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 143, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.076 225.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86afc2',
    500: '#4e8fa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8fa8;
$custom-light: #86afc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8fa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.667,
    "s": 36.585,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61673,
    "c": 0.07641,
    "h": 225.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8FA8

secondary

#BF9F93

accent

#7B5BCD

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8FA8

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

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