#4E8CB6#4E8CB6

#4E8CB6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.091 H 240.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8CB6
RGB	rgb(78, 140, 182)
HSL	hsl(204, 42%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(204, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 23.1%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.84, -7.57, -28.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.84, 29.07, 254.91°)
OKLab	oklab(61.59% -0.0452 -0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(61.59% 0.091 240.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.9603, 23.7514, 47.7268)
Luminance	0.2375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8CB6 #B6784E

analogous

#4EB6AC #4E8CB6 #4E58B6

triadic

#4E8CB6 #B64E8C #8CB64E

tetradic

#4E8CB6 #AC4EB6 #B6784E #58B64E

square

#4E8CB6 #AC4EB6 #B6784E #58B64E

split-complementary

#4E8CB6 #B64E58 #B6AC4E

monochromatic

#284A61 #3A6B8D #4E8CB6 #79A8C8 #A5C4DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#4E8CB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#4E8CB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8CB6

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8CB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8CB6	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798CB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B81B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00969A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8cb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 140, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.091 240.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88adcc',
    500: '#4e8cb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8cb6;
$custom-light: #88adcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8cb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.231,
    "s": 41.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61586,
    "c": 0.0906,
    "h": 240.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8CB6

secondary

#C7AB99

accent

#8856D1

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8CB6

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

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