#4E89B6#4E89B6

#4E89B6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.092 H 243.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E89B6
RGB	rgb(78, 137, 182)
HSL	hsl(206, 42%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(206, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 24.7%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.96, -5.85, -29.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.96, 30.01, 258.75°)
OKLab	oklab(60.89% -0.0418 -0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(60.89% 0.092 243.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.5280, 22.8866, 47.5827)
Luminance	0.2289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E89B6 #B67B4E

analogous

#4EB6AF #4E89B6 #4E55B6

triadic

#4E89B6 #B64E89 #89B64E

tetradic

#4E89B6 #AF4EB6 #B67B4E #55B64E

square

#4E89B6 #AF4EB6 #B67B4E #55B64E

split-complementary

#4E89B6 #B64E55 #B6AF4E

monochromatic

#284961 #3A698D #4E89B6 #79A6C8 #A5C3DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#4E89B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#4E89B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E89B6

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E89B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E89B6	1.00	3.77	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7589B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677FB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e89b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 137, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.092 243.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88abcc',
    500: '#4e89b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e89b6;
$custom-light: #88abcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e89b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.962,
    "s": 41.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60888,
    "c": 0.09244,
    "h": 243.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E89B6

secondary

#C7AD99

accent

#8C56D1

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E89B6

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

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