#4E8BB3#4E8BB3

#4E8BB3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.088 H 239.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8BB3
RGB	rgb(78, 139, 179)
HSL	hsl(204, 40%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(204, 56%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 22.3%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.42, -7.95, -27.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.42, 28.15, 253.60°)
OKLab	oklab(61.21% -0.0451 -0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(61.21% 0.088 239.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.5082, 23.3378, 46.0630)
Luminance	0.2334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8BB3 #B3764E

analogous

#4EB3A8 #4E8BB3 #4E59B3

triadic

#4E8BB3 #B34E8B #8BB34E

tetradic

#4E8BB3 #A84EB3 #B3764E #59B34E

square

#4E8BB3 #A84EB3 #B3764E #59B34E

split-complementary

#4E8BB3 #B34E59 #B3A84E

monochromatic

#28495E #3B6A89 #4E8BB3 #79A7C5 #A4C3D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#4E8BB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#4E8BB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8BB3

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8BB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8BB3	1.00	3.71	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798BB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B80B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8bb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 139, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.088 239.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87acca',
    500: '#4e8bb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8bb3;
$custom-light: #87acca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8bb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.762,
    "s": 39.921,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61213,
    "c": 0.08792,
    "h": 239.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8BB3

secondary

#C5AA98

accent

#8758D0

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8BB3

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

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