#4E8AB2#4E8AB2

#4E8AB2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.087 H 239.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8AB2
RGB	rgb(78, 138, 178)
HSL	hsl(204, 39%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(204, 56%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.2%, 22.5%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.08, -7.69, -26.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.08, 28.03, 254.07°)
OKLab	oklab(60.93% -0.0443 -0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(60.93% 0.087 239.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.2633, 23.0092, 45.4842)
Luminance	0.2301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8AB2 #B2764E

analogous

#4EB2A8 #4E8AB2 #4E58B2

triadic

#4E8AB2 #B24E8A #8AB24E

tetradic

#4E8AB2 #A84EB2 #B2764E #58B24E

square

#4E8AB2 #A84EB2 #B2764E #58B24E

split-complementary

#4E8AB2 #B24E58 #B2A84E

monochromatic

#29485D #3B6988 #4E8AB2 #79A6C5 #A3C2D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#4E8AB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#4E8AB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8AB2

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8AB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8AB2	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788AB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7FB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8ab2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 138, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.087 239.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87acc9',
    500: '#4e8ab2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8ab2;
$custom-light: #87acc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8ab2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 39.37,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60932,
    "c": 0.08739,
    "h": 239.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8AB2

secondary

#C4A998

accent

#8859CF

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8AB2

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

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