#4E8FAF#4E8FAF

#4E8FAF is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.082 H 231.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8FAF
RGB	rgb(78, 143, 175)
HSL	hsl(200, 38%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(200, 55%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.4%, 18.3%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.44, -11.44, -23.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.44, 25.81, 243.69°)
OKLab	oklab(61.97% -0.0511 -0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(61.97% 0.082 231.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.6993, 24.3579, 44.1599)
Luminance	0.2436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8FAF #AF6E4E

analogous

#4EAF9F #4E8FAF #4E5EAF

triadic

#4E8FAF #AF4E8F #8FAF4E

tetradic

#4E8FAF #9F4EAF #AF6E4E #5EAF4E

square

#4E8FAF #9F4EAF #AF6E4E #5EAF4E

split-complementary

#4E8FAF #AF4E5E #AF9F4E

monochromatic

#284A5A #3B6C85 #4E8FAF #78AAC3 #A2C4D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#4E8FAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#4E8FAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8FAF

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8FAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8FAF	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8DB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7183AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8faf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 143, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.082 231.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87afc7',
    500: '#4e8faf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8faf;
$custom-light: #87afc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8faf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.794,
    "s": 38.34,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61974,
    "c": 0.08227,
    "h": 231.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8FAF

secondary

#C3A596

accent

#805ACE

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8FAF

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

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