#4E8BC6#4E8BC6

#4E8BC6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.110 H 249.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8BC6
RGB	rgb(78, 139, 198)
HSL	hsl(210, 51%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(210, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 29.8%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.25, -1.82, -36.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.25, 36.56, 267.15°)
OKLab	oklab(62.14% -0.0389 -0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(62.14% 0.11 249.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.5638, 24.1601, 56.8894)
Luminance	0.2416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8BC6 #C6894E

analogous

#4EC6C5 #4E8BC6 #4E4FC6

triadic

#4E8BC6 #C64E8B #8BC64E

tetradic

#4E8BC6 #C54EC6 #C6894E #4FC64E

square

#4E8BC6 #C54EC6 #C6894E #4FC64E

split-complementary

#4E8BC6 #C64E4F #C6C54E

monochromatic

#254D74 #346CA2 #4E8BC6 #7CA9D5 #ABC8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#4E8BC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#4E8BC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8BC6

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8BC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8BC6	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#728DC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6282C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0099A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8bc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 139, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.110 249.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aacd7',
    500: '#4e8bc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8bc6;
$custom-light: #8aacd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8bc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.5,
    "s": 51.282,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6214,
    "c": 0.11006,
    "h": 249.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8BC6

secondary

#D1B79E

accent

#934DDB

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8BC6

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

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