#4E8FAD#4E8FAD

#4E8FAD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.080 H 229.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8FAD
RGB	rgb(78, 143, 173)
HSL	hsl(199, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(199, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 17.3%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.37, -12.05, -22.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.37, 25.19, 241.41°)
OKLab	oklab(61.89% -0.0519 -0.0615)
OKLCH	oklch(61.89% 0.08 229.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.5043, 24.2800, 43.1330)
Luminance	0.2428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8FAD #AD6C4E

analogous

#4EAD9C #4E8FAD #4E60AD

triadic

#4E8FAD #AD4E8F #8FAD4E

tetradic

#4E8FAD #9C4EAD #AD6C4E #60AD4E

square

#4E8FAD #9C4EAD #AD6C4E #60AD4E

split-complementary

#4E8FAD #AD4E60 #AD9C4E

monochromatic

#284959 #3B6C83 #4E8FAD #77AAC2 #A1C4D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#4E8FAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#4E8FAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8FAD

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8FAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8FAD	1.00	3.59	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808DAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7283AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8fad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 143, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.080 229.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87afc5',
    500: '#4e8fad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8fad;
$custom-light: #87afc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8fad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.947,
    "s": 37.849,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61887,
    "c": 0.08049,
    "h": 229.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8FAD

secondary

#C2A395

accent

#7F5ACE

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8FAD

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

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