#4E8CB2#4E8CB2

#4E8CB2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.086 H 237.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8CB2
RGB	rgb(78, 140, 178)
HSL	hsl(203, 39%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(203, 56%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.2%, 21.3%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.67, -8.83, -26.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.67, 27.49, 251.28°)
OKLab	oklab(61.4% -0.0466 -0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(61.4% 0.086 237.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.5529, 23.5884, 45.5808)
Luminance	0.2359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8CB2 #B2744E

analogous

#4EB2A6 #4E8CB2 #4E5AB2

triadic

#4E8CB2 #B24E8C #8CB24E

tetradic

#4E8CB2 #A64EB2 #B2744E #5AB24E

square

#4E8CB2 #A64EB2 #B2744E #5AB24E

split-complementary

#4E8CB2 #B24E5A #B2A64E

monochromatic

#29495D #3B6B88 #4E8CB2 #79A8C5 #A3C3D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#4E8CB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#4E8CB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8CB2

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8CB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8CB2	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8BB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D81B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8cb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 140, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.086 237.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87adc9',
    500: '#4e8cb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8cb2;
$custom-light: #87adc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8cb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.8,
    "s": 39.37,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61401,
    "c": 0.08636,
    "h": 237.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8CB2

secondary

#C4A998

accent

#8659CF

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8CB2

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

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