#4E8AB8#4E8AB8

#4E8AB8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.094 H 243.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8AB8
RGB	rgb(78, 138, 184)
HSL	hsl(206, 43%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(206, 58%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 25%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.33, -5.79, -29.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.33, 30.54, 259.08°)
OKLab	oklab(61.22% -0.0422 -0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(61.22% 0.094 243.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.8789, 23.2555, 48.7266)
Luminance	0.2326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8AB8 #B87C4E

analogous

#4EB8B1 #4E8AB8 #4E55B8

triadic

#4E8AB8 #B84E8A #8AB84E

tetradic

#4E8AB8 #B14EB8 #B87C4E #55B84E

square

#4E8AB8 #B14EB8 #B87C4E #55B84E

split-complementary

#4E8AB8 #B84E55 #B8B14E

monochromatic

#284A64 #396A8F #4E8AB8 #7AA7CA #A5C4DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#4E8AB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#4E8AB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8AB8

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8AB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8AB8	1.00	3.72	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#768ABA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6880B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00959A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8ab8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 138, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.094 243.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88accd',
    500: '#4e8ab8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8ab8;
$custom-light: #88accd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8ab8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.038,
    "s": 42.742,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61216,
    "c": 0.09408,
    "h": 243.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8AB8

secondary

#C8AE9A

accent

#8C55D3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8AB8

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

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