#4E8EB0#4E8EB0

#4E8EB0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.084 H 233.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8EB0
RGB	rgb(78, 142, 176)
HSL	hsl(201, 39%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(201, 56%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.7%, 19.3%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.19, -10.57, -24.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.19, 26.32, 246.32°)
OKLab	oklab(61.78% -0.0496 -0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(61.78% 0.084 233.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.6484, 24.0985, 44.6292)
Luminance	0.2410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8EB0 #B0704E

analogous

#4EB0A1 #4E8EB0 #4E5DB0

triadic

#4E8EB0 #B04E8E #8EB04E

tetradic

#4E8EB0 #A14EB0 #B0704E #5DB04E

square

#4E8EB0 #A14EB0 #B0704E #5DB04E

split-complementary

#4E8EB0 #B04E5D #B0A14E

monochromatic

#284A5B #3B6C86 #4E8EB0 #78A9C3 #A2C4D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#4E8EB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#4E8EB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8EB0

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8EB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8EB0	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E8DB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7082AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8eb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 142, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.084 233.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87afc7',
    500: '#4e8eb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8eb0;
$custom-light: #87afc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8eb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.816,
    "s": 38.583,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61782,
    "c": 0.08353,
    "h": 233.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8EB0

secondary

#C3A697

accent

#8259CF

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8EB0

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

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