#4E8ABC#4E8ABC

#4E8ABC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.099 H 245.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8ABC
RGB	rgb(78, 138, 188)
HSL	hsl(207, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(207, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 26.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.51, -4.50, -32.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.51, 32.31, 261.99°)
OKLab	oklab(61.41% -0.0409 -0.0898)
OKLCH	oklch(61.41% 0.099 245.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.3041, 23.4256, 50.9661)
Luminance	0.2343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8ABC #BC804E

analogous

#4EBCB7 #4E8ABC #4E53BC

triadic

#4E8ABC #BC4E8A #8ABC4E

tetradic

#4E8ABC #B74EBC #BC804E #53BC4E

square

#4E8ABC #B74EBC #BC804E #53BC4E

split-complementary

#4E8ABC #BC4E53 #BCB74E

monochromatic

#274B68 #386B95 #4E8ABC #7AA7CD #A7C5DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#4E8ABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#4E8ABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8ABC

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8ABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8ABC	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#748BBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6680BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00969B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8abc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 138, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.099 245.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88acd0',
    500: '#4e8abc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8abc;
$custom-light: #88acd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8abc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.273,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6141,
    "c": 0.09873,
    "h": 245.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8ABC

secondary

#CBB19B

accent

#8E53D5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8ABC

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

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