#4E8BB5#4E8BB5

#4E8BB5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.090 H 240.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8BB5
RGB	rgb(78, 139, 181)
HSL	hsl(204, 41%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(204, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 23.2%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.50, -7.31, -28.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.50, 28.96, 255.37°)
OKLab	oklab(61.31% -0.0444 -0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(61.31% 0.09 240.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.7119, 23.4193, 47.1360)
Luminance	0.2342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8BB5 #B5784E

analogous

#4EB5AB #4E8BB5 #4E57B5

triadic

#4E8BB5 #B54E8B #8BB54E

tetradic

#4E8BB5 #AB4EB5 #B5784E #57B54E

square

#4E8BB5 #AB4EB5 #B5784E #57B54E

split-complementary

#4E8BB5 #B54E57 #B5AB4E

monochromatic

#284960 #3A6A8B #4E8BB5 #79A7C7 #A4C4D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#4E8BB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#4E8BB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8BB5

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8BB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8BB5	1.00	3.69	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.69	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)

#788BB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A80B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8bb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 139, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.090 240.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87accb',
    500: '#4e8bb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8bb5;
$custom-light: #87accb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8bb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.466,
    "s": 41.036,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61306,
    "c": 0.09009,
    "h": 240.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8BB5

secondary

#C6AB99

accent

#8957D1

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8BB5

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

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