#4E8BB4#4E8BB4

#4E8BB4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.089 H 239.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8BB4
RGB	rgb(78, 139, 180)
HSL	hsl(204, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(204, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 22.8%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.46, -7.63, -27.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.46, 28.55, 254.50°)
OKLab	oklab(61.26% -0.0447 -0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(61.26% 0.089 239.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.6097, 23.3784, 46.5976)
Luminance	0.2338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8BB4 #B4774E

analogous

#4EB4AA #4E8BB4 #4E58B4

triadic

#4E8BB4 #B44E8B #8BB44E

tetradic

#4E8BB4 #AA4EB4 #B4774E #58B44E

square

#4E8BB4 #AA4EB4 #B4774E #58B44E

split-complementary

#4E8BB4 #B44E58 #B4AA4E

monochromatic

#28495F #3B6A8A #4E8BB4 #79A7C6 #A4C3D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#4E8BB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#4E8BB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8BB4

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8BB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8BB4	1.00	3.70	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798BB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B80B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8bb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 139, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.089 239.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87acca',
    500: '#4e8bb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8bb4;
$custom-light: #87acca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8bb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.118,
    "s": 40.476,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61259,
    "c": 0.08899,
    "h": 239.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8BB4

secondary

#C6AA98

accent

#8857D0

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8BB4

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

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