#4E8DBB#4E8DBB

#4E8DBB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.096 H 242.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8DBB
RGB	rgb(78, 141, 187)
HSL	hsl(205, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(205, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 24.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.34, -6.54, -30.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.34, 30.83, 257.75°)
OKLab	oklab(62.06% -0.0446 -0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(62.06% 0.096 242.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.6331, 24.2554, 50.5458)
Luminance	0.2426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8DBB #BB7C4E

analogous

#4EBBB3 #4E8DBB #4E57BB

triadic

#4E8DBB #BB4E8D #8DBB4E

tetradic

#4E8DBB #B34EBB #BB7C4E #57BB4E

square

#4E8DBB #B34EBB #BB7C4E #57BB4E

split-complementary

#4E8DBB #BB4E57 #BBB34E

monochromatic

#284C67 #396D93 #4E8DBB #7AA9CC #A6C6DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#4E8DBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#4E8DBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8DBB

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8DBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8DBB	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798DBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A82BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8dbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 141, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.096 242.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88aecf',
    500: '#4e8dbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8dbb;
$custom-light: #88aecf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8dbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.321,
    "s": 44.49,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62055,
    "c": 0.09552,
    "h": 242.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8DBB

secondary

#CAAF9B

accent

#8A54D4

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8DBB

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

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