#4E8CBC#4E8CBC

#4E8CBC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.097 H 243.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8CBC
RGB	rgb(78, 140, 188)
HSL	hsl(206, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(206, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 25.5%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.09, -5.65, -31.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.09, 31.60, 259.70°)
OKLab	oklab(61.87% -0.0432 -0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(61.87% 0.097 243.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.5937, 24.0048, 51.0626)
Luminance	0.2401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8CBC #BC7E4E

analogous

#4EBCB5 #4E8CBC #4E55BC

triadic

#4E8CBC #BC4E8C #8CBC4E

tetradic

#4E8CBC #B54EBC #BC7E4E #55BC4E

square

#4E8CBC #B54EBC #BC7E4E #55BC4E

split-complementary

#4E8CBC #BC4E55 #BCB54E

monochromatic

#274C68 #386C95 #4E8CBC #7AA9CD #A7C6DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#4E8CBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#4E8CBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8CBC

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8CBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8CBC	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#778DBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6882BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8cbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 140, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.097 243.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88add0',
    500: '#4e8cbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8cbc;
$custom-light: #88add0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8cbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.182,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61871,
    "c": 0.09732,
    "h": 243.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8CBC

secondary

#CBB09B

accent

#8C53D5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8CBC

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

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