#4E8DBE#4E8DBE

#4E8DBE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.099 H 243.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8DBE
RGB	rgb(78, 141, 190)
HSL	hsl(206, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(206, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 25.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.47, -5.58, -31.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.47, 32.12, 260.00°)
OKLab	oklab(62.2% -0.0436 -0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(62.2% 0.099 243.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.9576, 24.3852, 52.2549)
Luminance	0.2439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8DBE #BE7F4E

analogous

#4EBEB7 #4E8DBE #4E55BE

triadic

#4E8DBE #BE4E8D #8DBE4E

tetradic

#4E8DBE #B74EBE #BE7F4E #55BE4E

square

#4E8DBE #B74EBE #BE7F4E #55BE4E

split-complementary

#4E8DBE #BE4E55 #BEB74E

monochromatic

#274D6A #386D97 #4E8DBE #7BAACE #A8C7DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#4E8DBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#4E8DBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8DBE

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8DBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8DBE	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788EC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6882BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8dbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 141, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.099 243.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89aed1',
    500: '#4e8dbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8dbe;
$custom-light: #89aed1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8dbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.25,
    "s": 46.281,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62199,
    "c": 0.09893,
    "h": 243.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8DBE

secondary

#CCB19C

accent

#8C52D6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8DBE

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

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