#4E8CB9#4E8CB9

#4E8CB9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.094 H 241.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8CB9
RGB	rgb(78, 140, 185)
HSL	hsl(205, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(205, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 24.3%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.96, -6.61, -29.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.96, 30.31, 257.40°)
OKLab	oklab(61.73% -0.0442 -0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(61.73% 0.094 241.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.2737, 23.8767, 49.3771)
Luminance	0.2388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8CB9 #B97B4E

analogous

#4EB9B1 #4E8CB9 #4E57B9

triadic

#4E8CB9 #B94E8C #8CB94E

tetradic

#4E8CB9 #B14EB9 #B97B4E #57B94E

square

#4E8CB9 #B14EB9 #B97B4E #57B94E

split-complementary

#4E8CB9 #B94E57 #B9B14E

monochromatic

#284B65 #396C91 #4E8CB9 #7AA8CA #A6C5DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#4E8CB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#4E8CB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8CB9

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8CB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8CB9	1.00	3.64	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788CBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A81B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8cb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 140, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.094 241.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88adce',
    500: '#4e8cb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8cb9;
$custom-light: #88adce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8cb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.234,
    "s": 43.32,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61727,
    "c": 0.09392,
    "h": 241.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8CB9

secondary

#C9AE9A

accent

#8A55D3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8CB9

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

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