#4E8BBD#4E8BBD

#4E8BBD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.099 H 245.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8BBD
RGB	rgb(78, 139, 189)
HSL	hsl(207, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(207, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 26.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.84, -4.75, -32.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.84, 32.39, 261.56°)
OKLab	oklab(61.69% -0.0417 -0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(61.69% 0.099 245.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.5564, 23.7571, 51.5838)
Luminance	0.2376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8BBD #BD804E

analogous

#4EBDB8 #4E8BBD #4E54BD

triadic

#4E8BBD #BD4E8B #8BBD4E

tetradic

#4E8BBD #B84EBD #BD804E #54BD4E

square

#4E8BBD #B84EBD #BD804E #54BD4E

split-complementary

#4E8BBD #BD4E54 #BDB84E

monochromatic

#274C69 #386C96 #4E8BBD #7BA8CE #A7C5DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#4E8BBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#4E8BBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8BBD

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8BBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8BBD	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#758CBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6681BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8bbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 139, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.099 245.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88acd1',
    500: '#4e8bbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8bbd;
$custom-light: #88acd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8bbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.027,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61689,
    "c": 0.09919,
    "h": 245.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8BBD

secondary

#CCB19B

accent

#8D52D5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8BBD

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

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