#4E8DB5#4E8DB5

#4E8DB5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.089 H 238.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8DB5
RGB	rgb(78, 141, 181)
HSL	hsl(203, 41%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(203, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 22.1%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.09, -8.45, -27.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.09, 28.39, 252.69°)
OKLab	oklab(61.77% -0.0467 -0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(61.77% 0.089 238.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.0042, 24.0038, 47.2334)
Luminance	0.2401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8DB5 #B5764E

analogous

#4EB5A9 #4E8DB5 #4E59B5

triadic

#4E8DB5 #B54E8D #8DB54E

tetradic

#4E8DB5 #A94EB5 #B5764E #59B54E

square

#4E8DB5 #A94EB5 #B5764E #59B54E

split-complementary

#4E8DB5 #B54E59 #B5A94E

monochromatic

#284B60 #3A6C8B #4E8DB5 #79A9C7 #A4C5D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#4E8DB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#4E8DB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8DB5

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8DB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8DB5	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8CB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D82B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8db5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 141, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.089 238.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88aecb',
    500: '#4e8db5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8db5;
$custom-light: #88aecb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8db5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.301,
    "s": 41.036,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61773,
    "c": 0.08899,
    "h": 238.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8DB5

secondary

#C6AA99

accent

#8657D1

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8DB5

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

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