#4E8DB1#4E8DB1

#4E8DB1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.085 H 235.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8DB1
RGB	rgb(78, 141, 177)
HSL	hsl(202, 39%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(202, 56%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 20.3%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.93, -9.70, -25.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.93, 26.88, 248.85°)
OKLab	oklab(61.59% -0.0481 -0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(61.59% 0.085 235.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.5996, 23.8420, 45.1028)
Luminance	0.2384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8DB1 #B1724E

analogous

#4EB1A4 #4E8DB1 #4E5BB1

triadic

#4E8DB1 #B14E8D #8DB14E

tetradic

#4E8DB1 #A44EB1 #B1724E #5BB14E

square

#4E8DB1 #A44EB1 #B1724E #5BB14E

split-complementary

#4E8DB1 #B14E5B #B1A44E

monochromatic

#29495C #3B6B87 #4E8DB1 #78A8C4 #A3C4D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#4E8DB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#4E8DB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8DB1

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8DB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8DB1	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8CB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E81B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8db1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 141, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.085 235.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87aec8',
    500: '#4e8db1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8db1;
$custom-light: #87aec8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8db1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.818,
    "s": 38.824,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61591,
    "c": 0.0849,
    "h": 235.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8DB1

secondary

#C4A797

accent

#8459CF

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8DB1

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

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