#4E8EB2#4E8EB2

#4E8EB2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.085 H 235.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8EB2
RGB	rgb(78, 142, 178)
HSL	hsl(202, 39%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(202, 56%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.2%, 20.2%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.27, -9.95, -25.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.27, 27.02, 248.39°)
OKLab	oklab(61.87% -0.0489 -0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(61.87% 0.085 235.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.8478, 24.1782, 45.6791)
Luminance	0.2418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8EB2 #B2724E

analogous

#4EB2A4 #4E8EB2 #4E5CB2

triadic

#4E8EB2 #B24E8E #8EB24E

tetradic

#4E8EB2 #A44EB2 #B2724E #5CB24E

square

#4E8EB2 #A44EB2 #B2724E #5CB24E

split-complementary

#4E8EB2 #B24E5C #B2A44E

monochromatic

#294A5D #3B6C88 #4E8EB2 #79A9C5 #A3C4D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#4E8EB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#4E8EB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8EB2

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8EB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8EB2	1.00	3.60	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D8DB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F82B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8eb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 142, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.085 235.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87afc9',
    500: '#4e8eb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8eb2;
$custom-light: #87afc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8eb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.6,
    "s": 39.37,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61871,
    "c": 0.08546,
    "h": 235.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8EB2

secondary

#C4A898

accent

#8359CF

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8EB2

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

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