#4E8DB3#4E8DB3

#4E8DB3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.087 H 237.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8DB3
RGB	rgb(78, 141, 179)
HSL	hsl(203, 40%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(203, 56%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 21.2%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.01, -9.08, -26.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.01, 27.62, 250.82°)
OKLab	oklab(61.68% -0.0474 -0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(61.68% 0.087 237)
XYZ	xyz(20.8004, 23.9223, 46.1604)
Luminance	0.2392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8DB3 #B3744E

analogous

#4EB3A6 #4E8DB3 #4E5AB3

triadic

#4E8DB3 #B34E8D #8DB34E

tetradic

#4E8DB3 #A64EB3 #B3744E #5AB34E

square

#4E8DB3 #A64EB3 #B3744E #5AB34E

split-complementary

#4E8DB3 #B34E5A #B3A64E

monochromatic

#284A5E #3B6C89 #4E8DB3 #79A9C5 #A4C4D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#4E8DB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#4E8DB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8DB3

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8DB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8DB3	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	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)

#7B8CB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E82B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8db3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 141, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.087 237.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87aeca',
    500: '#4e8db3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8db3;
$custom-light: #87aeca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8db3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.574,
    "s": 39.921,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61681,
    "c": 0.08692,
    "h": 237
  },
  "luminance": 0.23924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8DB3

secondary

#C5A998

accent

#8558D0

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8DB3

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

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