#4E8BB6#4E8BB6

#4E8BB6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.091 H 241.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8BB6
RGB	rgb(78, 139, 182)
HSL	hsl(205, 42%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(205, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 23.6%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.54, -7.00, -28.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.54, 29.37, 256.22°)
OKLab	oklab(61.35% -0.044 -0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(61.35% 0.091 241.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.8149, 23.4605, 47.6783)
Luminance	0.2346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8BB6 #B6794E

analogous

#4EB6AD #4E8BB6 #4E57B6

triadic

#4E8BB6 #B64E8B #8BB64E

tetradic

#4E8BB6 #AD4EB6 #B6794E #57B64E

square

#4E8BB6 #AD4EB6 #B6794E #57B64E

split-complementary

#4E8BB6 #B64E57 #B6AD4E

monochromatic

#284A61 #3A6B8D #4E8BB6 #79A7C8 #A5C4DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#4E8BB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#4E8BB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8BB6

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8BB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8BB6	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788BB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A80B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00969A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8bb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 139, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.091 241.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88accc',
    500: '#4e8bb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8bb6;
$custom-light: #88accc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8bb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.808,
    "s": 41.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61353,
    "c": 0.09119,
    "h": 241.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8BB6

secondary

#C7AC99

accent

#8956D1

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8BB6

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

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