#4E8FAC#4E8FAC

#4E8FAC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.080 H 229.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8FAC
RGB	rgb(78, 143, 172)
HSL	hsl(199, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(199, 55%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 16.9%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.33, -12.36, -21.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.33, 24.89, 240.23°)
OKLab	oklab(61.84% -0.0523 -0.0601)
OKLCH	oklch(61.84% 0.08 229)
XYZ	xyz(20.4079, 24.2414, 42.6253)
Luminance	0.2424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8FAC #AC6B4E

analogous

#4EAC9A #4E8FAC #4E60AC

triadic

#4E8FAC #AC4E8F #8FAC4E

tetradic

#4E8FAC #9A4EAC #AC6B4E #60AC4E

square

#4E8FAC #9A4EAC #AC6B4E #60AC4E

split-complementary

#4E8FAC #AC4E60 #AC9A4E

monochromatic

#284958 #3B6C82 #4E8FAC #76AAC1 #A0C4D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#4E8FAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#4E8FAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8FAC

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8FAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8FAC	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808DAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7383AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#039798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8fac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 143, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.080 229.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87afc4',
    500: '#4e8fac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8fac;
$custom-light: #87afc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8fac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.511,
    "s": 37.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61843,
    "c": 0.07963,
    "h": 229
  },
  "luminance": 0.24243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8FAC

secondary

#C1A295

accent

#7E5ACE

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8FAC

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

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