#4E8BBC#4E8BBC

#4E8BBC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.098 H 244.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8BBC
RGB	rgb(78, 139, 188)
HSL	hsl(207, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(207, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 26.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.80, -5.08, -31.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.80, 31.95, 260.86°)
OKLab	oklab(61.64% -0.042 -0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(61.64% 0.098 244.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.4483, 23.7138, 51.0141)
Luminance	0.2372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8BBC #BC7F4E

analogous

#4EBCB6 #4E8BBC #4E54BC

triadic

#4E8BBC #BC4E8B #8BBC4E

tetradic

#4E8BBC #B64EBC #BC7F4E #54BC4E

square

#4E8BBC #B64EBC #BC7F4E #54BC4E

split-complementary

#4E8BBC #BC4E54 #BCB64E

monochromatic

#274B68 #386B95 #4E8BBC #7AA8CD #A7C5DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#4E8BBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#4E8BBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8BBC

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8BBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8BBC	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#768CBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6781BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8bbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 139, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.098 244.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88acd0',
    500: '#4e8bbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8bbc;
$custom-light: #88acd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8bbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.727,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6164,
    "c": 0.09802,
    "h": 244.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8BBC

secondary

#CBB09B

accent

#8D53D5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8BBC

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

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