#4E8BBF#4E8BBF

#4E8BBF is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.102 H 246.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8BBF
RGB	rgb(78, 139, 191)
HSL	hsl(208, 47%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(208, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 27.2%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.93, -4.11, -33.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.93, 33.30, 262.92°)
OKLab	oklab(61.79% -0.0411 -0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(61.79% 0.102 246.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.7750, 23.8445, 52.7351)
Luminance	0.2385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8BBF #BF824E

analogous

#4EBFBB #4E8BBF #4E52BF

triadic

#4E8BBF #BF4E8B #8BBF4E

tetradic

#4E8BBF #BB4EBF #BF824E #52BF4E

square

#4E8BBF #BB4EBF #BF824E #52BF4E

split-complementary

#4E8BBF #BF4E52 #BFBB4E

monochromatic

#274C6C #376C99 #4E8BBF #7BA8CF #A8C6E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#4E8BBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#4E8BBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8BBF

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8BBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8BBF	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#758CC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6581BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8bbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 139, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.102 246.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89acd2',
    500: '#4e8bbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8bbf;
$custom-light: #89acd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8bbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.611,
    "s": 46.888,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61788,
    "c": 0.10155,
    "h": 246.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8BBF

secondary

#CDB29C

accent

#8F51D7

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8BBF

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

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