#4E8BBE#4E8BBE

#4E8BBE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.100 H 245.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8BBE
RGB	rgb(78, 139, 190)
HSL	hsl(207, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(207, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 26.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.89, -4.43, -32.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.89, 32.84, 262.25°)
OKLab	oklab(61.74% -0.0414 -0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(61.74% 0.1 245.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.6654, 23.8007, 52.1575)
Luminance	0.2380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8BBE #BE814E

analogous

#4EBEB9 #4E8BBE #4E53BE

triadic

#4E8BBE #BE4E8B #8BBE4E

tetradic

#4E8BBE #B94EBE #BE814E #53BE4E

square

#4E8BBE #B94EBE #BE814E #53BE4E

split-complementary

#4E8BBE #BE4E53 #BEB94E

monochromatic

#274C6A #386C97 #4E8BBE #7BA8CE #A8C6DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#4E8BBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#4E8BBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8BBE

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8BBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8BBE	1.00	3.65	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#758CC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6681BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8bbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 139, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.100 245.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89acd1',
    500: '#4e8bbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8bbe;
$custom-light: #89acd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8bbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.321,
    "s": 46.281,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61738,
    "c": 0.10037,
    "h": 245.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8BBE

secondary

#CCB29C

accent

#8E52D6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8BBE

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

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