#4E8DBD#4E8DBD

#4E8DBD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.098 H 243.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8DBD
RGB	rgb(78, 141, 189)
HSL	hsl(206, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(206, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 25.4%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.43, -5.90, -31.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.43, 31.69, 259.27°)
OKLab	oklab(62.15% -0.044 -0.0873)
OKLCH	oklch(62.15% 0.098 243.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.8487, 24.3416, 51.6812)
Luminance	0.2434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8DBD #BD7E4E

analogous

#4EBDB6 #4E8DBD #4E56BD

triadic

#4E8DBD #BD4E8D #8DBD4E

tetradic

#4E8DBD #B64EBD #BD7E4E #56BD4E

square

#4E8DBD #B64EBD #BD7E4E #56BD4E

split-complementary

#4E8DBD #BD4E56 #BDB64E

monochromatic

#274D69 #386D96 #4E8DBD #7BAACE #A7C6DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#4E8DBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#4E8DBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8DBD

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8DBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8DBD	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788EBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6982BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8dbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 141, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.098 243.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88aed1',
    500: '#4e8dbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8dbd;
$custom-light: #88aed1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8dbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.946,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62151,
    "c": 0.09779,
    "h": 243.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8DBD

secondary

#CCB09B

accent

#8B52D5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8DBD

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

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