#4E8AB5#4E8AB5

#4E8AB5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.091 H 241.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8AB5
RGB	rgb(78, 138, 181)
HSL	hsl(205, 41%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(205, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 23.8%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.21, -6.74, -28.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.21, 29.26, 256.68°)
OKLab	oklab(61.07% -0.0432 -0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(61.07% 0.091 241.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.5678, 23.1310, 47.0880)
Luminance	0.2313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8AB5 #B5794E

analogous

#4EB5AD #4E8AB5 #4E56B5

triadic

#4E8AB5 #B54E8A #8AB54E

tetradic

#4E8AB5 #AD4EB5 #B5794E #56B54E

square

#4E8AB5 #AD4EB5 #B5794E #56B54E

split-complementary

#4E8AB5 #B54E56 #B5AD4E

monochromatic

#284960 #3A6A8B #4E8AB5 #79A7C7 #A4C3D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#4E8AB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#4E8AB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8AB5

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8AB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8AB5	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#778AB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6980B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8ab5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 138, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.091 241.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87accb',
    500: '#4e8ab5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8ab5;
$custom-light: #87accb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8ab5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.049,
    "s": 41.036,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61073,
    "c": 0.09068,
    "h": 241.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8AB5

secondary

#C6AC99

accent

#8A57D1

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8AB5

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

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