#4E89B2#4E89B2

#4E89B2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.088 H 240.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E89B2
RGB	rgb(78, 137, 178)
HSL	hsl(205, 39%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(205, 56%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.2%, 23%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.79, -7.12, -27.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.79, 28.32, 255.43°)
OKLab	oklab(60.7% -0.0431 -0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(60.7% 0.088 240.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.1205, 22.7236, 45.4366)
Luminance	0.2273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E89B2 #B2774E

analogous

#4EB2A9 #4E89B2 #4E57B2

triadic

#4E89B2 #B24E89 #89B24E

tetradic

#4E89B2 #A94EB2 #B2774E #57B24E

square

#4E89B2 #A94EB2 #B2774E #57B24E

split-complementary

#4E89B2 #B24E57 #B2A94E

monochromatic

#29485D #3B6888 #4E89B2 #79A5C5 #A3C2D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#4E89B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#4E89B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E89B2

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E89B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E89B2	1.00	3.79	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7789B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697FB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e89b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 137, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.088 240.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87abc9',
    500: '#4e89b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e89b2;
$custom-light: #87abc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e89b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.6,
    "s": 39.37,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60699,
    "c": 0.08795,
    "h": 240.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E89B2

secondary

#C4AA98

accent

#8959CF

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E89B2

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

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