#4E8AB9#4E8AB9

#4E8AB9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.095 H 243.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8AB9
RGB	rgb(78, 138, 185)
HSL	hsl(206, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(206, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 25.4%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.38, -5.47, -30.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.38, 30.98, 259.84°)
OKLab	oklab(61.26% -0.0419 -0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(61.26% 0.095 243.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.9841, 23.2976, 49.2806)
Luminance	0.2330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8AB9 #B97D4E

analogous

#4EB9B3 #4E8AB9 #4E55B9

triadic

#4E8AB9 #B94E8A #8AB94E

tetradic

#4E8AB9 #B34EB9 #B97D4E #55B94E

square

#4E8AB9 #B34EB9 #B97D4E #55B94E

split-complementary

#4E8AB9 #B94E55 #B9B34E

monochromatic

#284A65 #396A91 #4E8AB9 #7AA7CA #A6C4DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#4E8AB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#4E8AB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8AB9

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8AB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8AB9	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#768BBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6780B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00959A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8ab9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 138, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.095 243.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88acce',
    500: '#4e8ab9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8ab9;
$custom-light: #88acce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8ab9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.355,
    "s": 43.32,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61264,
    "c": 0.09523,
    "h": 243.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8AB9

secondary

#C9AF9A

accent

#8C55D3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8AB9

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

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