#4E8BB9#4E8BB9

#4E8BB9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.095 H 242.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8BB9
RGB	rgb(78, 139, 185)
HSL	hsl(206, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(206, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 24.9%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.67, -6.04, -30.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.67, 30.64, 258.63°)
OKLab	oklab(61.5% -0.043 -0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(61.5% 0.095 242.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.1282, 23.5858, 49.3286)
Luminance	0.2359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8BB9 #B97C4E

analogous

#4EB9B2 #4E8BB9 #4E56B9

triadic

#4E8BB9 #B94E8B #8BB94E

tetradic

#4E8BB9 #B24EB9 #B97C4E #56B94E

square

#4E8BB9 #B24EB9 #B97C4E #56B94E

split-complementary

#4E8BB9 #B94E56 #B9B24E

monochromatic

#284B65 #396B91 #4E8BB9 #7AA8CA #A6C4DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#4E8BB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#4E8BB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8BB9

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8BB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8BB9	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#778BBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6881B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00969B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8bb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 139, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.095 242.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88acce',
    500: '#4e8bb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8bb9;
$custom-light: #88acce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8bb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.794,
    "s": 43.32,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61495,
    "c": 0.09455,
    "h": 242.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8BB9

secondary

#C9AE9A

accent

#8B55D3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8BB9

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

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