#4E8CBD#4E8CBD

#4E8CBD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.098 H 244.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8CBD
RGB	rgb(78, 140, 189)
HSL	hsl(206, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(206, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 25.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.14, -5.33, -31.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.14, 32.04, 260.43°)
OKLab	oklab(61.92% -0.0428 -0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(61.92% 0.098 244.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.7019, 24.0480, 51.6323)
Luminance	0.2405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8CBD #BD7F4E

analogous

#4EBDB6 #4E8CBD #4E55BD

triadic

#4E8CBD #BD4E8C #8CBD4E

tetradic

#4E8CBD #B64EBD #BD7F4E #55BD4E

square

#4E8CBD #B64EBD #BD7F4E #55BD4E

split-complementary

#4E8CBD #BD4E55 #BDB64E

monochromatic

#274C69 #386C96 #4E8CBD #7BA9CE #A7C6DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#4E8CBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#4E8CBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8CBD

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8CBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8CBD	1.00	3.61	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#778DBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6882BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8cbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 140, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.098 244.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88add1',
    500: '#4e8cbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8cbd;
$custom-light: #88add1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8cbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.486,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6192,
    "c": 0.09847,
    "h": 244.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8CBD

secondary

#CCB19B

accent

#8C52D5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8CBD

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

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