#4E8BB0#4E8BB0

#4E8BB0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.085 H 237.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8BB0
RGB	rgb(78, 139, 176)
HSL	hsl(203, 39%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(203, 56%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.7%, 21%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.30, -8.89, -25.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.30, 26.98, 250.77°)
OKLab	oklab(61.08% -0.0461 -0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(61.08% 0.085 237)
XYZ	xyz(20.2081, 23.2178, 44.4824)
Luminance	0.2322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8BB0 #B0734E

analogous

#4EB0A4 #4E8BB0 #4E5AB0

triadic

#4E8BB0 #B04E8B #8BB04E

tetradic

#4E8BB0 #A44EB0 #B0734E #5AB04E

square

#4E8BB0 #A44EB0 #B0734E #5AB04E

split-complementary

#4E8BB0 #B04E5A #B0A44E

monochromatic

#28485B #3B6A86 #4E8BB0 #78A7C3 #A2C3D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#4E8BB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#4E8BB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8BB0

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8BB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8BB0	1.00	3.72	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8AB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C80AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8bb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 139, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.085 237.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87acc7',
    500: '#4e8bb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8bb0;
$custom-light: #87acc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8bb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.653,
    "s": 38.583,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61075,
    "c": 0.08477,
    "h": 237
  },
  "luminance": 0.2322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8BB0

secondary

#C3A797

accent

#8659CF

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8BB0

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

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