#4E8BC0#4E8BC0

#4E8BC0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.103 H 246.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8BC0
RGB	rgb(78, 139, 192)
HSL	hsl(208, 48%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(208, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 27.6%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.98, -3.78, -33.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.98, 33.75, 263.57°)
OKLab	oklab(61.84% -0.0408 -0.0943)
OKLCH	oklch(61.84% 0.103 246.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.8855, 23.8887, 53.3166)
Luminance	0.2389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8BC0 #C0834E

analogous

#4EC0BC #4E8BC0 #4E52C0

triadic

#4E8BC0 #C04E8B #8BC04E

tetradic

#4E8BC0 #BC4EC0 #C0834E #52C04E

square

#4E8BC0 #BC4EC0 #C0834E #52C04E

split-complementary

#4E8BC0 #C04E52 #C0BC4E

monochromatic

#274C6D #376C9A #4E8BC0 #7BA9D0 #A8C6E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#4E8BC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#4E8BC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8BC0

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8BC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8BC0	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#748CC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6581BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8bc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 139, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.103 246.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89acd3',
    500: '#4e8bc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8bc0;
$custom-light: #89acd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8bc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.895,
    "s": 47.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61837,
    "c": 0.10275,
    "h": 246.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8BC0

secondary

#CEB39C

accent

#8F51D7

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8BC0

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

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