#4E8BC2#4E8BC2

#4E8BC2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.105 H 247.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8BC2
RGB	rgb(78, 139, 194)
HSL	hsl(208, 49%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(208, 60%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 28.4%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.07, -3.13, -34.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.07, 34.68, 264.82°)
OKLab	oklab(61.94% -0.0401 -0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(61.94% 0.105 247.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.1085, 23.9780, 54.4916)
Luminance	0.2398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8BC2 #C2854E

analogous

#4EC2BF #4E8BC2 #4E51C2

triadic

#4E8BC2 #C24E8B #8BC24E

tetradic

#4E8BC2 #BF4EC2 #C2854E #51C24E

square

#4E8BC2 #BF4EC2 #C2854E #51C24E

split-complementary

#4E8BC2 #C24E51 #C2BF4E

monochromatic

#264D6F #366C9D #4E8BC2 #7CA9D2 #A9C7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#4E8BC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#4E8BC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8BC2

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8BC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8BC2	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#738DC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6481C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8bc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 139, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.105 247.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89acd4',
    500: '#4e8bc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8bc2;
$custom-light: #89acd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8bc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.448,
    "s": 48.739,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61937,
    "c": 0.10516,
    "h": 247.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8BC2

secondary

#CFB59D

accent

#9050D8

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8BC2

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

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