#4E8ABB#4E8ABB

#4E8ABB is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.098 H 245.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8ABB
RGB	rgb(78, 138, 187)
HSL	hsl(207, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(207, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 26.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.46, -4.82, -31.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.46, 31.86, 261.29°)
OKLab	oklab(61.36% -0.0412 -0.0884)
OKLCH	oklch(61.36% 0.098 245)
XYZ	xyz(21.1967, 23.3826, 50.4003)
Luminance	0.2339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8ABB #BB7F4E

analogous

#4EBBB5 #4E8ABB #4E54BB

triadic

#4E8ABB #BB4E8A #8ABB4E

tetradic

#4E8ABB #B54EBB #BB7F4E #54BB4E

square

#4E8ABB #B54EBB #BB7F4E #54BB4E

split-complementary

#4E8ABB #BB4E54 #BBB54E

monochromatic

#284B67 #396A93 #4E8ABB #7AA7CC #A6C4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#4E8ABB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#4E8ABB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8ABB

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8ABB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8ABB	1.00	3.70	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#758BBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6680BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00969B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8abb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 138, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.098 245.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88accf',
    500: '#4e8abb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8abb;
$custom-light: #88accf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8abb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.972,
    "s": 44.49,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61361,
    "c": 0.09756,
    "h": 245
  },
  "luminance": 0.23385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8ABB

secondary

#CAB09B

accent

#8D54D4

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8ABB

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

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