#4E8CB8#4E8CB8

#4E8CB8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.093 H 241.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8CB8
RGB	rgb(78, 140, 184)
HSL	hsl(205, 43%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(205, 58%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 23.9%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.92, -6.93, -29.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.92, 29.89, 256.59°)
OKLab	oklab(61.68% -0.0445 -0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(61.68% 0.093 241.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.1685, 23.8347, 48.8231)
Luminance	0.2384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8CB8 #B87A4E

analogous

#4EB8AF #4E8CB8 #4E57B8

triadic

#4E8CB8 #B84E8C #8CB84E

tetradic

#4E8CB8 #AF4EB8 #B87A4E #57B84E

square

#4E8CB8 #AF4EB8 #B87A4E #57B84E

split-complementary

#4E8CB8 #B84E57 #B8AF4E

monochromatic

#284B64 #396C8F #4E8CB8 #7AA8CA #A5C5DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#4E8CB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#4E8CB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8CB8

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8CB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8CB8	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788CBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A81B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8cb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 140, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.093 241.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88adcd',
    500: '#4e8cb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8cb8;
$custom-light: #88adcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8cb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.906,
    "s": 42.742,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6168,
    "c": 0.0928,
    "h": 241.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8CB8

secondary

#C8AD9A

accent

#8955D3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8CB8

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

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