#4E8DB6#4E8DB6

#4E8DB6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.090 H 239.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8DB6
RGB	rgb(78, 141, 182)
HSL	hsl(204, 42%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(204, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 22.5%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.13, -8.13, -27.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.13, 28.78, 253.59°)
OKLab	oklab(61.82% -0.0463 -0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(61.82% 0.09 239)
XYZ	xyz(21.1071, 24.0450, 47.7757)
Luminance	0.2405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8DB6 #B6774E

analogous

#4EB6AB #4E8DB6 #4E59B6

triadic

#4E8DB6 #B64E8D #8DB64E

tetradic

#4E8DB6 #AB4EB6 #B6774E #59B64E

square

#4E8DB6 #AB4EB6 #B6774E #59B64E

split-complementary

#4E8DB6 #B64E59 #B6AB4E

monochromatic

#284B61 #3A6C8D #4E8DB6 #79A9C8 #A5C5DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#4E8DB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#4E8DB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8DB6

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8DB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8DB6	1.00	3.61	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8DB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C82B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8db6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 141, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.090 239.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88aecc',
    500: '#4e8db6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8db6;
$custom-light: #88aecc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8db6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.654,
    "s": 41.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61819,
    "c": 0.09004,
    "h": 239
  },
  "luminance": 0.24047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8DB6

secondary

#C7AB99

accent

#8756D1

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8DB6

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

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