#4E8CBA#4E8CBA

#4E8CBA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.095 H 242.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8CBA
RGB	rgb(78, 140, 186)
HSL	hsl(206, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(206, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 24.7%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.01, -6.29, -30.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.01, 30.73, 258.19°)
OKLab	oklab(61.78% -0.0438 -0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(61.78% 0.095 242.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.3796, 23.9191, 49.9350)
Luminance	0.2392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8CBA #BA7C4E

analogous

#4EBAB2 #4E8CBA #4E56BA

triadic

#4E8CBA #BA4E8C #8CBA4E

tetradic

#4E8CBA #B24EBA #BA7C4E #56BA4E

square

#4E8CBA #B24EBA #BA7C4E #56BA4E

split-complementary

#4E8CBA #BA4E56 #BAB24E

monochromatic

#284B66 #396C92 #4E8CBA #7AA9CB #A6C5DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#4E8CBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#4E8CBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8CBA

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8CBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8CBA	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	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)

#788CBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6981B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8cba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 140, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.095 242.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88adcf',
    500: '#4e8cba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8cba;
$custom-light: #88adcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8cba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.556,
    "s": 43.902,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61775,
    "c": 0.09503,
    "h": 242.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8CBA

secondary

#CAAE9A

accent

#8A54D4

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8CBA

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

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