#4E8ABE#4E8ABE

#4E8ABE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.101 H 246.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8ABE
RGB	rgb(78, 138, 190)
HSL	hsl(208, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(208, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 27.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.60, -3.85, -33.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.60, 33.22, 263.34°)
OKLab	oklab(61.51% -0.0403 -0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(61.51% 0.101 246.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.5212, 23.5124, 52.1094)
Luminance	0.2351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8ABE #BE824E

analogous

#4EBEBA #4E8ABE #4E52BE

triadic

#4E8ABE #BE4E8A #8ABE4E

tetradic

#4E8ABE #BA4EBE #BE824E #52BE4E

square

#4E8ABE #BA4EBE #BE824E #52BE4E

split-complementary

#4E8ABE #BE4E52 #BEBA4E

monochromatic

#274B6A #386B97 #4E8ABE #7BA8CE #A8C5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#4E8ABE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#4E8ABE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8ABE

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8ABE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8ABE	1.00	3.68	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#748BC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6580BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00969C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8abe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 138, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.101 246.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89acd2',
    500: '#4e8abe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8abe;
$custom-light: #89acd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8abe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.857,
    "s": 46.281,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61508,
    "c": 0.10111,
    "h": 246.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8ABE

secondary

#CCB29C

accent

#8F52D6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8ABE

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

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