#4E89B4#4E89B4

#4E89B4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.090 H 241.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E89B4
RGB	rgb(78, 137, 180)
HSL	hsl(205, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(205, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 23.9%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.87, -6.49, -28.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.87, 29.16, 257.14°)
OKLab	oklab(60.79% -0.0424 -0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(60.79% 0.09 241.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.3227, 22.8045, 46.5019)
Luminance	0.2281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E89B4 #B4794E

analogous

#4EB4AC #4E89B4 #4E56B4

triadic

#4E89B4 #B44E89 #89B44E

tetradic

#4E89B4 #AC4EB4 #B4794E #56B44E

square

#4E89B4 #AC4EB4 #B4794E #56B44E

split-complementary

#4E89B4 #B44E56 #B4AC4E

monochromatic

#28485F #3B698A #4E89B4 #79A6C6 #A4C2D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#4E89B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#4E89B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E89B4

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E89B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E89B4	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7689B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687FB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e89b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 137, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.090 241.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87abca',
    500: '#4e89b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e89b4;
$custom-light: #87abca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e89b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.294,
    "s": 40.476,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60793,
    "c": 0.09018,
    "h": 241.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E89B4

secondary

#C6AB98

accent

#8A57D0

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E89B4

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

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