#4E8DB9#4E8DB9

#4E8DB9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.093 H 241.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8DB9
RGB	rgb(78, 141, 185)
HSL	hsl(205, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(205, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 23.8%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.26, -7.18, -29.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.26, 30.00, 256.15°)
OKLab	oklab(61.96% -0.0453 -0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(61.96% 0.093 241)
XYZ	xyz(21.4205, 24.1703, 49.4260)
Luminance	0.2417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8DB9 #B97A4E

analogous

#4EB9B0 #4E8DB9 #4E58B9

triadic

#4E8DB9 #B94E8D #8DB94E

tetradic

#4E8DB9 #B04EB9 #B97A4E #58B94E

square

#4E8DB9 #B04EB9 #B97A4E #58B94E

split-complementary

#4E8DB9 #B94E58 #B9B04E

monochromatic

#284C65 #396D91 #4E8DB9 #7AA9CA #A6C5DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#4E8DB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#4E8DB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8DB9

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8DB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8DB9	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)

#798DBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B82B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8db9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 141, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.093 241.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88aece',
    500: '#4e8db9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8db9;
$custom-light: #88aece;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8db9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.673,
    "s": 43.32,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6196,
    "c": 0.0933,
    "h": 241
  },
  "luminance": 0.24172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8DB9

secondary

#C9AD9A

accent

#8955D3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8DB9

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

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