#4E89B5#4E89B5

#4E89B5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.091 H 242.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E89B5
RGB	rgb(78, 137, 181)
HSL	hsl(206, 41%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(206, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 24.3%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.91, -6.17, -28.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.91, 29.58, 257.96°)
OKLab	oklab(60.84% -0.0421 -0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(60.84% 0.091 242.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.4250, 22.8454, 47.0403)
Luminance	0.2285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E89B5 #B57A4E

analogous

#4EB5AD #4E89B5 #4E55B5

triadic

#4E89B5 #B54E89 #89B54E

tetradic

#4E89B5 #AD4EB5 #B57A4E #55B54E

square

#4E89B5 #AD4EB5 #B57A4E #55B54E

split-complementary

#4E89B5 #B54E55 #B5AD4E

monochromatic

#284860 #3A698B #4E89B5 #79A6C7 #A4C3D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#4E89B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#4E89B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E89B5

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E89B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E89B5	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7689B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687FB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e89b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 137, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.091 242.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87abcb',
    500: '#4e89b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e89b5;
$custom-light: #87abcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e89b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.631,
    "s": 41.036,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6084,
    "c": 0.09131,
    "h": 242.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E89B5

secondary

#C6AC99

accent

#8B57D1

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E89B5

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

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