#4E8BBA#4E8BBA

#4E8BBA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.096 H 243.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8BBA
RGB	rgb(78, 139, 186)
HSL	hsl(206, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(206, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 25.3%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.71, -5.72, -30.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.71, 31.07, 259.39°)
OKLab	oklab(61.54% -0.0427 -0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(61.54% 0.096 243.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.2342, 23.6282, 49.8865)
Luminance	0.2363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8BBA #BA7D4E

analogous

#4EBAB3 #4E8BBA #4E55BA

triadic

#4E8BBA #BA4E8B #8BBA4E

tetradic

#4E8BBA #B34EBA #BA7D4E #55BA4E

square

#4E8BBA #B34EBA #BA7D4E #55BA4E

split-complementary

#4E8BBA #BA4E55 #BAB34E

monochromatic

#284B66 #396B92 #4E8BBA #7AA8CB #A6C5DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#4E8BBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#4E8BBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8BBA

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8BBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8BBA	1.00	3.67	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#768CBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6881B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00969B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8bba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 139, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.096 243.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88accf',
    500: '#4e8bba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8bba;
$custom-light: #88accf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8bba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.111,
    "s": 43.902,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61543,
    "c": 0.0957,
    "h": 243.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8BBA

secondary

#CAAF9A

accent

#8C54D4

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8BBA

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

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