#4E8DBA#4E8DBA

#4E8DBA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.094 H 241.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8DBA
RGB	rgb(78, 141, 186)
HSL	hsl(205, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(205, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 24.2%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.30, -6.86, -29.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.30, 30.41, 256.96°)
OKLab	oklab(62.01% -0.045 -0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(62.01% 0.094 241.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.5264, 24.2127, 49.9840)
Luminance	0.2422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8DBA #BA7B4E

analogous

#4EBAB1 #4E8DBA #4E57BA

triadic

#4E8DBA #BA4E8D #8DBA4E

tetradic

#4E8DBA #B14EBA #BA7B4E #57BA4E

square

#4E8DBA #B14EBA #BA7B4E #57BA4E

split-complementary

#4E8DBA #BA4E57 #BAB14E

monochromatic

#284C66 #396D92 #4E8DBA #7AA9CB #A6C6DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#4E8DBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#4E8DBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8DBA

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8DBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8DBA	1.00	3.59	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798DBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A82B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8dba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 141, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.094 241.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88aecf',
    500: '#4e8dba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8dba;
$custom-light: #88aecf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8dba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205,
    "s": 43.902,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62007,
    "c": 0.0944,
    "h": 241.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8DBA

secondary

#CAAE9A

accent

#8954D4

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8DBA

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

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