#4E8BC5#4E8BC5

#4E8BC5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.109 H 248.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8BC5
RGB	rgb(78, 139, 197)
HSL	hsl(209, 51%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(209, 60%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 29.4%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.20, -2.15, -36.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.20, 36.09, 266.59°)
OKLab	oklab(62.09% -0.0392 -0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(62.09% 0.109 248.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.4489, 24.1141, 56.2839)
Luminance	0.2412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8BC5 #C5884E

analogous

#4EC5C4 #4E8BC5 #4E50C5

triadic

#4E8BC5 #C54E8B #8BC54E

tetradic

#4E8BC5 #C44EC5 #C5884E #50C54E

square

#4E8BC5 #C44EC5 #C5884E #50C54E

split-complementary

#4E8BC5 #C54E50 #C5C44E

monochromatic

#264D73 #356CA1 #4E8BC5 #7CA9D4 #AAC7E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#4E8BC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#4E8BC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8BC5

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8BC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8BC5	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#728DC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6282C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8bc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 139, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.109 248.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89acd7',
    500: '#4e8bc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8bc5;
$custom-light: #89acd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8bc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.244,
    "s": 50.638,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62089,
    "c": 0.10882,
    "h": 248.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8BC5

secondary

#D1B79E

accent

#924EDA

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8BC5

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

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