#4E8BB7#4E8BB7

#4E8BB7 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.092 H 241.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8BB7
RGB	rgb(78, 139, 183)
HSL	hsl(205, 42%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(205, 57%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 24%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.59, -6.68, -29.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.59, 29.79, 257.04°)
OKLab	oklab(61.4% -0.0437 -0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(61.4% 0.092 241.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.9186, 23.5020, 48.2245)
Luminance	0.2350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8BB7 #B77A4E

analogous

#4EB7AE #4E8BB7 #4E56B7

triadic

#4E8BB7 #B74E8B #8BB74E

tetradic

#4E8BB7 #AE4EB7 #B77A4E #56B74E

square

#4E8BB7 #AE4EB7 #B77A4E #56B74E

split-complementary

#4E8BB7 #B74E56 #B7AE4E

monochromatic

#284A63 #3A6B8E #4E8BB7 #7AA8C9 #A5C4DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#4E8BB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#4E8BB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8BB7

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8BB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8BB7	1.00	3.68	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788BB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6980B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00969A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8bb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 139, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.092 241.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88accc',
    500: '#4e8bb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8bb7;
$custom-light: #88accc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8bb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.143,
    "s": 42.169,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.614,
    "c": 0.0923,
    "h": 241.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8BB7

secondary

#C8AD99

accent

#8A56D2

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8BB7

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

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