#4E8BB2#4E8BB2

#4E8BB2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.087 H 238.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8BB2
RGB	rgb(78, 139, 178)
HSL	hsl(203, 39%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(203, 56%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.2%, 21.9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.38, -8.26, -26.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.38, 27.75, 252.68°)
OKLab	oklab(61.17% -0.0454 -0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(61.17% 0.087 238.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.4074, 23.2975, 45.5323)
Luminance	0.2330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8BB2 #B2754E

analogous

#4EB2A7 #4E8BB2 #4E59B2

triadic

#4E8BB2 #B24E8B #8BB24E

tetradic

#4E8BB2 #A74EB2 #B2754E #59B24E

square

#4E8BB2 #A74EB2 #B2754E #59B24E

split-complementary

#4E8BB2 #B24E59 #B2A74E

monochromatic

#29495D #3B6A88 #4E8BB2 #79A7C5 #A3C3D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#4E8BB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#4E8BB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8BB2

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8BB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8BB2	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798AB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C80B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8bb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 139, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.087 238.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87acc9',
    500: '#4e8bb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8bb2;
$custom-light: #87acc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8bb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.4,
    "s": 39.37,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61167,
    "c": 0.08685,
    "h": 238.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8BB2

secondary

#C4A998

accent

#8759CF

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8BB2

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

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