#4E8CBB#4E8CBB

#4E8CBB is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.096 H 243.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8CBB
RGB	rgb(78, 140, 187)
HSL	hsl(206, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(206, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 25.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.05, -5.97, -30.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.05, 31.16, 258.95°)
OKLab	oklab(61.82% -0.0435 -0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(61.82% 0.096 243.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.4863, 23.9618, 50.4969)
Luminance	0.2396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8CBB #BB7D4E

analogous

#4EBBB4 #4E8CBB #4E55BB

triadic

#4E8CBB #BB4E8C #8CBB4E

tetradic

#4E8CBB #B44EBB #BB7D4E #55BB4E

square

#4E8CBB #B44EBB #BB7D4E #55BB4E

split-complementary

#4E8CBB #BB4E55 #BBB44E

monochromatic

#284C67 #396C93 #4E8CBB #7AA9CC #A6C5DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#4E8CBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#4E8CBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8CBB

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8CBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8CBB	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#778CBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6981BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8cbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 140, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.096 243.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88adcf',
    500: '#4e8cbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8cbb;
$custom-light: #88adcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8cbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.872,
    "s": 44.49,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61823,
    "c": 0.09617,
    "h": 243.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8CBB

secondary

#CAAF9B

accent

#8B54D4

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8CBB

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

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