#4E8DBC#4E8DBC

#4E8DBC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.097 H 242.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8DBC
RGB	rgb(78, 141, 188)
HSL	hsl(206, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(206, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 25%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.39, -6.22, -30.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.39, 31.26, 258.52°)
OKLab	oklab(62.1% -0.0443 -0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(62.1% 0.097 242.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.7405, 24.2983, 51.1115)
Luminance	0.2430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8DBC #BC7D4E

analogous

#4EBCB4 #4E8DBC #4E56BC

triadic

#4E8DBC #BC4E8D #8DBC4E

tetradic

#4E8DBC #B44EBC #BC7D4E #56BC4E

square

#4E8DBC #B44EBC #BC7D4E #56BC4E

split-complementary

#4E8DBC #BC4E56 #BCB44E

monochromatic

#274D68 #386D95 #4E8DBC #7AAACD #A7C6DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#4E8DBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#4E8DBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8DBC

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8DBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8DBC	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788DBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6982BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8dbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 141, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.097 242.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88aed0',
    500: '#4e8dbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8dbc;
$custom-light: #88aed0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8dbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.636,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62102,
    "c": 0.09665,
    "h": 242.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8DBC

secondary

#CBAF9B

accent

#8A53D5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8DBC

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

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