#4E8CB4#4E8CB4

#4E8CB4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.088 H 238.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8CB4
RGB	rgb(78, 140, 180)
HSL	hsl(204, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(204, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 22.2%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.76, -8.20, -27.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.76, 28.27, 253.14°)
OKLab	oklab(61.49% -0.0459 -0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(61.49% 0.088 238.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.7551, 23.6693, 46.6460)
Luminance	0.2367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8CB4 #B4764E

analogous

#4EB4A9 #4E8CB4 #4E59B4

triadic

#4E8CB4 #B44E8C #8CB44E

tetradic

#4E8CB4 #A94EB4 #B4764E #59B44E

square

#4E8CB4 #A94EB4 #B4764E #59B44E

split-complementary

#4E8CB4 #B44E59 #B4A94E

monochromatic

#284A5F #3B6B8A #4E8CB4 #79A8C6 #A4C4D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#4E8CB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#4E8CB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8CB4

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8CB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8CB4	1.00	3.66	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.66	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)

#7A8BB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C81B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8cb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 140, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.088 238.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87adca',
    500: '#4e8cb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8cb4;
$custom-light: #87adca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8cb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.529,
    "s": 40.476,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61493,
    "c": 0.08845,
    "h": 238.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8CB4

secondary

#C6AA98

accent

#8757D0

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8CB4

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

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