#4E8BBB#4E8BBB

#4E8BBB is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.097 H 244.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8BBB
RGB	rgb(78, 139, 187)
HSL	hsl(206, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(206, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 25.7%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.76, -5.40, -31.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.76, 31.51, 260.13°)
OKLab	oklab(61.59% -0.0424 -0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(61.59% 0.097 244.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.3409, 23.6709, 50.4484)
Luminance	0.2367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8BBB #BB7E4E

analogous

#4EBBB5 #4E8BBB #4E55BB

triadic

#4E8BBB #BB4E8B #8BBB4E

tetradic

#4E8BBB #B54EBB #BB7E4E #55BB4E

square

#4E8BBB #B54EBB #BB7E4E #55BB4E

split-complementary

#4E8BBB #BB4E55 #BBB54E

monochromatic

#284B67 #396B93 #4E8BBB #7AA8CC #A6C5DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#4E8BBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#4E8BBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8BBB

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8BBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8BBB	1.00	3.66	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.66	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)

#768CBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6781BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8bbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 139, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.097 244.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88accf',
    500: '#4e8bbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8bbb;
$custom-light: #88accf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8bbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.422,
    "s": 44.49,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61592,
    "c": 0.09685,
    "h": 244.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8BBB

secondary

#CAB09B

accent

#8C54D4

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8BBB

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

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