#4E8FA9#4E8FA9

#4E8FA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.077 H 226.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8FA9
RGB	rgb(78, 143, 169)
HSL	hsl(197, 37%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(197, 54%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 15.4%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.22, -13.27, -20.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.22, 24.05, 236.52°)
OKLab	oklab(61.72% -0.0534 -0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(61.72% 0.077 226.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.1231, 24.1274, 41.1250)
Luminance	0.2413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8FA9 #A9684E

analogous

#4EA995 #4E8FA9 #4E61A9

triadic

#4E8FA9 #A94E8F #8FA94E

tetradic

#4E8FA9 #954EA9 #A9684E #61A94E

square

#4E8FA9 #954EA9 #A9684E #61A94E

split-complementary

#4E8FA9 #A94E61 #A9954E

monochromatic

#274855 #3B6C7F #4E8FA9 #75AABF #9FC4D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#4E8FA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#4E8FA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8FA9

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8FA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8FA9	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818CAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7482A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0C9797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8fa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 143, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.077 226.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86afc2',
    500: '#4e8fa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8fa9;
$custom-light: #86afc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8fa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61715,
    "c": 0.07718,
    "h": 226.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8FA9

secondary

#BFA093

accent

#7C5BCD

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8FA9

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

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