#4E89B3#4E89B3

#4E89B3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.089 H 241.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E89B3
RGB	rgb(78, 137, 179)
HSL	hsl(205, 40%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(205, 56%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 23.5%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.83, -6.81, -27.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.83, 28.74, 256.30°)
OKLab	oklab(60.75% -0.0428 -0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(60.75% 0.089 241.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.2212, 22.7639, 45.9673)
Luminance	0.2277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E89B3 #B3784E

analogous

#4EB3AA #4E89B3 #4E57B3

triadic

#4E89B3 #B34E89 #89B34E

tetradic

#4E89B3 #AA4EB3 #B3784E #57B34E

square

#4E89B3 #AA4EB3 #B3784E #57B34E

split-complementary

#4E89B3 #B34E57 #B3AA4E

monochromatic

#28485E #3B6889 #4E89B3 #79A6C5 #A4C2D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#4E89B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#4E89B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E89B3

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E89B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E89B3	1.00	3.78	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.78	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)

#7689B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697FB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e89b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 137, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.089 241.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87abca',
    500: '#4e89b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e89b3;
$custom-light: #87abca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e89b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.95,
    "s": 39.921,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60746,
    "c": 0.08906,
    "h": 241.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E89B3

secondary

#C5AB98

accent

#8A58D0

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E89B3

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

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