#4E8AB0#4E8AB0

#4E8AB0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.085 H 238.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8AB0
RGB	rgb(78, 138, 176)
HSL	hsl(203, 39%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(203, 56%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.7%, 21.6%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.00, -8.32, -25.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.00, 27.24, 252.21°)
OKLab	oklab(60.84% -0.045 -0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(60.84% 0.085 238.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.0639, 22.9295, 44.4344)
Luminance	0.2293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8AB0 #B0744E

analogous

#4EB0A5 #4E8AB0 #4E59B0

triadic

#4E8AB0 #B04E8A #8AB04E

tetradic

#4E8AB0 #A54EB0 #B0744E #59B04E

square

#4E8AB0 #A54EB0 #B0744E #59B04E

split-complementary

#4E8AB0 #B04E59 #B0A54E

monochromatic

#28475B #3B6986 #4E8AB0 #78A6C3 #A2C2D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#4E8AB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#4E8AB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8AB0

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8AB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8AB0	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7989B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7FAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8ab0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 138, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.085 238.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87acc7',
    500: '#4e8ab0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8ab0;
$custom-light: #87acc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8ab0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.265,
    "s": 38.583,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6084,
    "c": 0.08526,
    "h": 238.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8AB0

secondary

#C3A897

accent

#8759CF

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8AB0

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

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