#4E8FAE#4E8FAE

#4E8FAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.081 H 230.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8FAE
RGB	rgb(78, 143, 174)
HSL	hsl(199, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(199, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 17.8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.41, -11.75, -22.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.41, 25.49, 242.57°)
OKLab	oklab(61.93% -0.0515 -0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(61.93% 0.081 230.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.6015, 24.3188, 43.6445)
Luminance	0.2432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8FAE #AE6D4E

analogous

#4EAE9D #4E8FAE #4E5FAE

triadic

#4E8FAE #AE4E8F #8FAE4E

tetradic

#4E8FAE #9D4EAE #AE6D4E #5FAE4E

square

#4E8FAE #9D4EAE #AE6D4E #5FAE4E

split-complementary

#4E8FAE #AE4E5F #AE9D4E

monochromatic

#284A59 #3B6C84 #4E8FAE #77AAC2 #A1C4D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#4E8FAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#4E8FAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8FAE

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8FAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8FAE	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	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)

#7F8DB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7283AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8fae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 143, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.081 230.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87afc6',
    500: '#4e8fae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8fae;
$custom-light: #87afc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8fae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.375,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6193,
    "c": 0.08137,
    "h": 230.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8FAE

secondary

#C2A496

accent

#7F5ACE

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8FAE

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

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