#4E8FAA#4E8FAA

#4E8FAA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.078 H 227.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8FAA
RGB	rgb(78, 143, 170)
HSL	hsl(198, 37%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(198, 54%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 15.9%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.25, -12.97, -20.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.25, 24.32, 237.78°)
OKLab	oklab(61.76% -0.053 -0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(61.76% 0.078 227.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.2173, 24.1651, 41.6213)
Luminance	0.2417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8FAA #AA694E

analogous

#4EAA97 #4E8FAA #4E61AA

triadic

#4E8FAA #AA4E8F #8FAA4E

tetradic

#4E8FAA #974EAA #AA694E #61AA4E

square

#4E8FAA #974EAA #AA694E #61AA4E

split-complementary

#4E8FAA #AA4E61 #AA974E

monochromatic

#284856 #3B6C80 #4E8FAA #75AAC0 #9FC4D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#4E8FAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#4E8FAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8FAA

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8FAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8FAA	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)

#818DAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7383AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#099798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8faa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 143, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.078 227.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86afc3',
    500: '#4e8faa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8faa;
$custom-light: #86afc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8faa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.609,
    "s": 37.097,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61758,
    "c": 0.07797,
    "h": 227.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8FAA

secondary

#C0A194

accent

#7C5BCD

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8FAA

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

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