#4E8DB7#4E8DB7

#4E8DB7 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.091 H 239.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8DB7
RGB	rgb(78, 141, 183)
HSL	hsl(204, 42%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(204, 57%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 23%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.17, -7.82, -28.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.17, 29.18, 254.46°)
OKLab	oklab(61.87% -0.046 -0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(61.87% 0.091 239.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.2108, 24.0864, 48.3219)
Luminance	0.2409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8DB7 #B7784E

analogous

#4EB7AC #4E8DB7 #4E58B7

triadic

#4E8DB7 #B74E8D #8DB74E

tetradic

#4E8DB7 #AC4EB7 #B7784E #58B74E

square

#4E8DB7 #AC4EB7 #B7784E #58B74E

split-complementary

#4E8DB7 #B74E58 #B7AC4E

monochromatic

#284B63 #3A6C8E #4E8DB7 #7AA9C9 #A5C5DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#4E8DB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#4E8DB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8DB7

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8DB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8DB7	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8DB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C82B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8db7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 141, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.091 239.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88aecc',
    500: '#4e8db7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8db7;
$custom-light: #88aecc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8db7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 42.169,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61866,
    "c": 0.09112,
    "h": 239.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8DB7

secondary

#C8AC99

accent

#8756D2

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8DB7

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

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