#4E8ABA#4E8ABA

#4E8ABA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.096 H 244.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8ABA
RGB	rgb(78, 138, 186)
HSL	hsl(207, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(207, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 25.8%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.42, -5.15, -30.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.42, 31.42, 260.57°)
OKLab	oklab(61.31% -0.0416 -0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(61.31% 0.096 244.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.0900, 23.3399, 49.8385)
Luminance	0.2334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8ABA #BA7E4E

analogous

#4EBAB4 #4E8ABA #4E54BA

triadic

#4E8ABA #BA4E8A #8ABA4E

tetradic

#4E8ABA #B44EBA #BA7E4E #54BA4E

square

#4E8ABA #B44EBA #BA7E4E #54BA4E

split-complementary

#4E8ABA #BA4E54 #BAB44E

monochromatic

#284A66 #396A92 #4E8ABA #7AA7CB #A6C4DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#4E8ABA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#4E8ABA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8ABA

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8ABA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8ABA	1.00	3.70	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#758BBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6780B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00969A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8aba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 138, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.096 244.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88accf',
    500: '#4e8aba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8aba;
$custom-light: #88accf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8aba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.667,
    "s": 43.902,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61312,
    "c": 0.09639,
    "h": 244.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8ABA

secondary

#CAAF9A

accent

#8D54D4

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8ABA

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

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