#4E8CB0#4E8CB0

#4E8CB0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.084 H 235.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8CB0
RGB	rgb(78, 140, 176)
HSL	hsl(202, 39%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(202, 56%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.7%, 20.5%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.59, -9.45, -25.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.59, 26.75, 249.31°)
OKLab	oklab(61.31% -0.0473 -0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(61.31% 0.084 235.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.3535, 23.5087, 44.5309)
Luminance	0.2351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8CB0 #B0724E

analogous

#4EB0A3 #4E8CB0 #4E5BB0

triadic

#4E8CB0 #B04E8C #8CB04E

tetradic

#4E8CB0 #A34EB0 #B0724E #5BB04E

square

#4E8CB0 #A34EB0 #B0724E #5BB04E

split-complementary

#4E8CB0 #B04E5B #B0A34E

monochromatic

#28495B #3B6A86 #4E8CB0 #78A8C3 #A2C3D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#4E8CB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#4E8CB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8CB0

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8CB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8CB0	1.00	3.68	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8BB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E81AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8cb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 140, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.084 235.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87adc7',
    500: '#4e8cb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8cb0;
$custom-light: #87adc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8cb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.041,
    "s": 38.583,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6131,
    "c": 0.08432,
    "h": 235.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8CB0

secondary

#C3A797

accent

#8459CF

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8CB0

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

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