#4E8EB1#4E8EB1

#4E8EB1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.084 H 234.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8EB1
RGB	rgb(78, 142, 177)
HSL	hsl(201, 39%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(201, 56%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 19.8%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.23, -10.26, -24.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.23, 26.67, 247.37°)
OKLab	oklab(61.83% -0.0493 -0.0686)
OKLCH	oklch(61.83% 0.084 234.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.7477, 24.1382, 45.1522)
Luminance	0.2414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8EB1 #B1714E

analogous

#4EB1A3 #4E8EB1 #4E5CB1

triadic

#4E8EB1 #B14E8E #8EB14E

tetradic

#4E8EB1 #A34EB1 #B1714E #5CB14E

square

#4E8EB1 #A34EB1 #B1714E #5CB14E

split-complementary

#4E8EB1 #B14E5C #B1A34E

monochromatic

#294A5C #3B6C87 #4E8EB1 #78A9C4 #A3C4D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#4E8EB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#4E8EB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8EB1

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8EB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8EB1	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D8DB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7082B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8eb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 142, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.084 234.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87afc8',
    500: '#4e8eb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8eb1;
$custom-light: #87afc8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8eb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.212,
    "s": 38.824,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61826,
    "c": 0.08449,
    "h": 234.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8EB1

secondary

#C4A797

accent

#8359CF

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8EB1

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

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