#4E8BC1#4E8BC1

#4E8BC1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.104 H 247.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8BC1
RGB	rgb(78, 139, 193)
HSL	hsl(208, 48%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(208, 60%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 28%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.02, -3.46, -34.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.02, 34.22, 264.20°)
OKLab	oklab(61.89% -0.0405 -0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(61.89% 0.104 247.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.9966, 23.9332, 53.9021)
Luminance	0.2394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8BC1 #C1844E

analogous

#4EC1BD #4E8BC1 #4E51C1

triadic

#4E8BC1 #C14E8B #8BC14E

tetradic

#4E8BC1 #BD4EC1 #C1844E #51C14E

square

#4E8BC1 #BD4EC1 #C1844E #51C14E

split-complementary

#4E8BC1 #C14E51 #C1BD4E

monochromatic

#274C6E #366C9B #4E8BC1 #7BA9D1 #A9C6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#4E8BC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#4E8BC1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8BC1

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8BC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8BC1	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#748DC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6481C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8bc1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 139, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.104 247.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89acd4',
    500: '#4e8bc1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8bc1;
$custom-light: #89acd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8bc1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.174,
    "s": 48.117,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61887,
    "c": 0.10395,
    "h": 247.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8BC1

secondary

#CEB49D

accent

#9050D8

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8BC1

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

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