#4E8BC4#4E8BC4

#4E8BC4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.108 H 248.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8BC4
RGB	rgb(78, 139, 196)
HSL	hsl(209, 50%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(209, 60%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 29.1%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.16, -2.47, -35.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.16, 35.62, 266.02°)
OKLab	oklab(62.04% -0.0395 -0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(62.04% 0.108 248.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.3347, 24.0684, 55.6825)
Luminance	0.2407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8BC4 #C4874E

analogous

#4EC4C2 #4E8BC4 #4E50C4

triadic

#4E8BC4 #C44E8B #8BC44E

tetradic

#4E8BC4 #C24EC4 #C4874E #50C44E

square

#4E8BC4 #C24EC4 #C4874E #50C44E

split-complementary

#4E8BC4 #C44E50 #C4C24E

monochromatic

#264D72 #356CA0 #4E8BC4 #7CA9D3 #AAC7E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#4E8BC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#4E8BC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8BC4

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8BC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8BC4	1.00	3.61	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.61	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)

#738DC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6381C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8bc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 139, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.108 248.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89acd6',
    500: '#4e8bc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8bc4;
$custom-light: #89acd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8bc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.983,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62038,
    "c": 0.10759,
    "h": 248.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8BC4

secondary

#D0B69E

accent

#924EDA

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8BC4

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

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