#4E8BB8#4E8BB8

#4E8BB8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.093 H 242.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8BB8
RGB	rgb(78, 139, 184)
HSL	hsl(205, 43%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(205, 58%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 24.5%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.63, -6.36, -29.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.63, 30.21, 257.85°)
OKLab	oklab(61.45% -0.0434 -0.0827)
OKLCH	oklch(61.45% 0.093 242.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.0231, 23.5438, 48.7746)
Luminance	0.2355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8BB8 #B87B4E

analogous

#4EB8B0 #4E8BB8 #4E56B8

triadic

#4E8BB8 #B84E8B #8BB84E

tetradic

#4E8BB8 #B04EB8 #B87B4E #56B84E

square

#4E8BB8 #B04EB8 #B87B4E #56B84E

split-complementary

#4E8BB8 #B84E56 #B8B04E

monochromatic

#284A64 #396B8F #4E8BB8 #7AA8CA #A5C4DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#4E8BB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#4E8BB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8BB8

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8BB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8BB8	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#778BBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6981B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00969A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8bb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 139, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.093 242.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88accd',
    500: '#4e8bb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8bb8;
$custom-light: #88accd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8bb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.472,
    "s": 42.742,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61448,
    "c": 0.09342,
    "h": 242.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8BB8

secondary

#C8AD9A

accent

#8A55D3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8BB8

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

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