#4E8DB4#4E8DB4

#4E8DB4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.088 H 237.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8DB4
RGB	rgb(78, 141, 180)
HSL	hsl(203, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(203, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 21.7%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.05, -8.76, -26.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.05, 28.00, 251.76°)
OKLab	oklab(61.73% -0.047 -0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(61.73% 0.088 237.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.9019, 23.9629, 46.6950)
Luminance	0.2397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8DB4 #B4754E

analogous

#4EB4A8 #4E8DB4 #4E5AB4

triadic

#4E8DB4 #B44E8D #8DB44E

tetradic

#4E8DB4 #A84EB4 #B4754E #5AB44E

square

#4E8DB4 #A84EB4 #B4754E #5AB44E

split-complementary

#4E8DB4 #B44E5A #B4A84E

monochromatic

#284A5F #3B6C8A #4E8DB4 #79A9C6 #A4C4D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#4E8DB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#4E8DB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8DB4

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8DB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8DB4	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8CB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D82B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8db4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 141, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.088 237.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87aeca',
    500: '#4e8db4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8db4;
$custom-light: #87aeca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8db4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.941,
    "s": 40.476,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61727,
    "c": 0.08794,
    "h": 237.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8DB4

secondary

#C6AA98

accent

#8657D0

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8DB4

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

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