#4E8DB8#4E8DB8

#4E8DB8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.092 H 240.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8DB8
RGB	rgb(78, 141, 184)
HSL	hsl(204, 43%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(204, 58%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 23.4%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.22, -7.50, -28.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.22, 29.59, 255.32°)
OKLab	oklab(61.91% -0.0456 -0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(61.91% 0.092 240.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.3153, 24.1282, 48.8720)
Luminance	0.2413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8DB8 #B8794E

analogous

#4EB8AE #4E8DB8 #4E58B8

triadic

#4E8DB8 #B84E8D #8DB84E

tetradic

#4E8DB8 #AE4EB8 #B8794E #58B84E

square

#4E8DB8 #AE4EB8 #B8794E #58B84E

split-complementary

#4E8DB8 #B84E58 #B8AE4E

monochromatic

#284B64 #396C8F #4E8DB8 #7AA9CA #A5C5DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#4E8DB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#4E8DB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8DB8

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8DB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8DB8	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8DBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B82B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8db8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 141, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.092 240.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88aecd',
    500: '#4e8db8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8db8;
$custom-light: #88aecd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8db8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.34,
    "s": 42.742,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61913,
    "c": 0.0922,
    "h": 240.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8DB8

secondary

#C8AC9A

accent

#8855D3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8DB8

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

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