#4E8BB1#4E8BB1

#4E8BB1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.086 H 237.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8BB1
RGB	rgb(78, 139, 177)
HSL	hsl(203, 39%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(203, 56%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 21.5%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.34, -8.57, -25.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.34, 27.37, 251.74°)
OKLab	oklab(61.12% -0.0458 -0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(61.12% 0.086 237.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.3074, 23.2575, 45.0054)
Luminance	0.2326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8BB1 #B1744E

analogous

#4EB1A5 #4E8BB1 #4E5AB1

triadic

#4E8BB1 #B14E8B #8BB14E

tetradic

#4E8BB1 #A54EB1 #B1744E #5AB14E

square

#4E8BB1 #A54EB1 #B1744E #5AB14E

split-complementary

#4E8BB1 #B14E5A #B1A54E

monochromatic

#29485C #3B6A87 #4E8BB1 #78A7C4 #A3C3D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#4E8BB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#4E8BB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8BB1

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8BB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8BB1	1.00	3.72	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8AB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C80B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8bb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 139, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.086 237.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87acc8',
    500: '#4e8bb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8bb1;
$custom-light: #87acc8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8bb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.03,
    "s": 38.824,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61121,
    "c": 0.08581,
    "h": 237.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8BB1

secondary

#C4A897

accent

#8659CF

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8BB1

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

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