#4E8CB3#4E8CB3

#4E8CB3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.087 H 238.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8CB3
RGB	rgb(78, 140, 179)
HSL	hsl(203, 40%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(203, 56%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 21.8%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.71, -8.51, -26.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.71, 27.88, 252.22°)
OKLab	oklab(61.45% -0.0462 -0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(61.45% 0.087 238.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.6536, 23.6287, 46.1115)
Luminance	0.2363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8CB3 #B3754E

analogous

#4EB3A7 #4E8CB3 #4E59B3

triadic

#4E8CB3 #B34E8C #8CB34E

tetradic

#4E8CB3 #A74EB3 #B3754E #59B34E

square

#4E8CB3 #A74EB3 #B3754E #59B34E

split-complementary

#4E8CB3 #B34E59 #B3A74E

monochromatic

#28495E #3B6B89 #4E8CB3 #79A8C5 #A4C4D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#4E8CB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#4E8CB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8CB3

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8CB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8CB3	1.00	3.67	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8BB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C81B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8cb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 140, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.087 238.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87adca',
    500: '#4e8cb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8cb3;
$custom-light: #87adca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8cb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.168,
    "s": 39.921,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61447,
    "c": 0.0874,
    "h": 238.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8CB3

secondary

#C5A998

accent

#8658D0

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8CB3

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

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