#4E8ABD#4E8ABD

#4E8ABD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.100 H 246.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8ABD
RGB	rgb(78, 138, 189)
HSL	hsl(208, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(208, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 27%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.55, -4.18, -32.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.55, 32.77, 262.68°)
OKLab	oklab(61.46% -0.0406 -0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(61.46% 0.1 246)
XYZ	xyz(21.4123, 23.4689, 51.5358)
Luminance	0.2347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8ABD #BD814E

analogous

#4EBDB9 #4E8ABD #4E52BD

triadic

#4E8ABD #BD4E8A #8ABD4E

tetradic

#4E8ABD #B94EBD #BD814E #52BD4E

square

#4E8ABD #B94EBD #BD814E #52BD4E

split-complementary

#4E8ABD #BD4E52 #BDB94E

monochromatic

#274B69 #386B96 #4E8ABD #7BA7CE #A7C5DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#4E8ABD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#4E8ABD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8ABD

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8ABD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8ABD	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)

#748BBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6580BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00969C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8abd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 138, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.100 246.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88acd1',
    500: '#4e8abd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8abd;
$custom-light: #88acd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8abd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.568,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61459,
    "c": 0.09992,
    "h": 246
  },
  "luminance": 0.23471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8ABD

secondary

#CCB19B

accent

#8F52D5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8ABD

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

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