#4E8CBF#4E8CBF

#4E8CBF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.101 H 245.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8CBF
RGB	rgb(78, 140, 191)
HSL	hsl(207, 47%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(207, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 26.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.22, -4.68, -32.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.22, 32.92, 261.82°)
OKLab	oklab(62.02% -0.0422 -0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(62.02% 0.101 245.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.9205, 24.1355, 52.7835)
Luminance	0.2414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8CBF #BF814E

analogous

#4EBFBA #4E8CBF #4E53BF

triadic

#4E8CBF #BF4E8C #8CBF4E

tetradic

#4E8CBF #BA4EBF #BF814E #53BF4E

square

#4E8CBF #BA4EBF #BF814E #53BF4E

split-complementary

#4E8CBF #BF4E53 #BFBA4E

monochromatic

#274D6C #376D99 #4E8CBF #7BA9CF #A8C6E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#4E8CBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#4E8CBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8CBF

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8CBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8CBF	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#768DC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6782BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8cbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 140, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.101 245.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89add2',
    500: '#4e8cbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8cbf;
$custom-light: #89add2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8cbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.08,
    "s": 46.888,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62017,
    "c": 0.10081,
    "h": 245.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8CBF

secondary

#CDB29C

accent

#8D51D7

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8CBF

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

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