#4E8AB7#4E8AB7

#4E8AB7 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.093 H 242.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8AB7
RGB	rgb(78, 138, 183)
HSL	hsl(206, 42%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(206, 57%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 24.6%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.29, -6.11, -29.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.29, 30.11, 258.30°)
OKLab	oklab(61.17% -0.0426 -0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(61.17% 0.093 242.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.7745, 23.2137, 48.1765)
Luminance	0.2322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8AB7 #B77B4E

analogous

#4EB7AF #4E8AB7 #4E55B7

triadic

#4E8AB7 #B74E8A #8AB74E

tetradic

#4E8AB7 #AF4EB7 #B77B4E #55B74E

square

#4E8AB7 #AF4EB7 #B77B4E #55B74E

split-complementary

#4E8AB7 #B74E55 #B7AF4E

monochromatic

#284963 #3A6A8E #4E8AB7 #7AA7C9 #A5C4DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#4E8AB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#4E8AB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8AB7

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8AB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8AB7	1.00	3.72	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#768AB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6880B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8ab7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 138, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.093 242.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88accc',
    500: '#4e8ab7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8ab7;
$custom-light: #88accc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8ab7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.714,
    "s": 42.169,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61168,
    "c": 0.09294,
    "h": 242.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8AB7

secondary

#C8AD99

accent

#8B56D2

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8AB7

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

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