#4E8DB2#4E8DB2

#4E8DB2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.086 H 236.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8DB2
RGB	rgb(78, 141, 178)
HSL	hsl(202, 39%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(202, 56%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.2%, 20.8%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.97, -9.39, -25.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.97, 27.25, 249.84°)
OKLab	oklab(61.64% -0.0477 -0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(61.64% 0.086 236.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.6997, 23.8820, 45.6297)
Luminance	0.2388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8DB2 #B2734E

analogous

#4EB2A5 #4E8DB2 #4E5BB2

triadic

#4E8DB2 #B24E8D #8DB24E

tetradic

#4E8DB2 #A54EB2 #B2734E #5BB24E

square

#4E8DB2 #A54EB2 #B2734E #5BB24E

split-complementary

#4E8DB2 #B24E5B #B2A54E

monochromatic

#294A5D #3B6B88 #4E8DB2 #79A8C5 #A3C4D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#4E8DB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#4E8DB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8DB2

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8DB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8DB2	1.00	3.64	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8CB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E82B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8db2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 141, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.086 236.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87aec9',
    500: '#4e8db2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8db2;
$custom-light: #87aec9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8db2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.2,
    "s": 39.37,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61636,
    "c": 0.0859,
    "h": 236.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8DB2

secondary

#C4A898

accent

#8459CF

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8DB2

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

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