#4E8BC3#4E8BC3

#4E8BC3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.106 H 248.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8BC3
RGB	rgb(78, 139, 195)
HSL	hsl(209, 49%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(209, 60%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 28.7%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.11, -2.80, -35.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.11, 35.15, 265.43°)
OKLab	oklab(61.99% -0.0398 -0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(61.99% 0.106 248)
XYZ	xyz(22.2212, 24.0230, 55.0850)
Luminance	0.2402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8BC3 #C3864E

analogous

#4EC3C0 #4E8BC3 #4E50C3

triadic

#4E8BC3 #C34E8B #8BC34E

tetradic

#4E8BC3 #C04EC3 #C3864E #50C34E

square

#4E8BC3 #C04EC3 #C3864E #50C34E

split-complementary

#4E8BC3 #C34E50 #C3C04E

monochromatic

#264D70 #366C9E #4E8BC3 #7CA9D2 #A9C7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#4E8BC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#4E8BC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8BC3

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8BC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8BC3	1.00	3.62	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#738DC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6381C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8bc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 139, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.106 248.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89acd5',
    500: '#4e8bc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8bc3;
$custom-light: #89acd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8bc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.718,
    "s": 49.367,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61988,
    "c": 0.10637,
    "h": 248
  },
  "luminance": 0.24025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8BC3

secondary

#CFB59D

accent

#914FD9

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8BC3

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

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