#4E8CB7#4E8CB7

#4E8CB7 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.092 H 240.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8CB7
RGB	rgb(78, 140, 183)
HSL	hsl(205, 42%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(205, 57%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 23.5%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.88, -7.25, -28.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.88, 29.48, 255.77°)
OKLab	oklab(61.63% -0.0448 -0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(61.63% 0.092 240.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.0641, 23.7929, 48.2730)
Luminance	0.2379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8CB7 #B7794E

analogous

#4EB7AD #4E8CB7 #4E57B7

triadic

#4E8CB7 #B74E8C #8CB74E

tetradic

#4E8CB7 #AD4EB7 #B7794E #57B74E

square

#4E8CB7 #AD4EB7 #B7794E #57B74E

split-complementary

#4E8CB7 #B74E57 #B7AD4E

monochromatic

#284B63 #3A6C8E #4E8CB7 #7AA8C9 #A5C5DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#4E8CB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#4E8CB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8CB7

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8CB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8CB7	1.00	3.65	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798CB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B81B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8cb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 140, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.092 240.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88adcc',
    500: '#4e8cb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8cb7;
$custom-light: #88adcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8cb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.571,
    "s": 42.169,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61633,
    "c": 0.0917,
    "h": 240.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8CB7

secondary

#C8AC99

accent

#8956D2

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8CB7

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

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