#4E8EB3#4E8EB3

#4E8EB3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.086 H 235.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8EB3
RGB	rgb(78, 142, 179)
HSL	hsl(202, 40%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(202, 56%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 20.7%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.31, -9.64, -25.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.31, 27.39, 249.39°)
OKLab	oklab(61.92% -0.0485 -0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(61.92% 0.086 235.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.9485, 24.2185, 46.2098)
Luminance	0.2422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8EB3 #B3734E

analogous

#4EB3A5 #4E8EB3 #4E5BB3

triadic

#4E8EB3 #B34E8E #8EB34E

tetradic

#4E8EB3 #A54EB3 #B3734E #5BB34E

square

#4E8EB3 #A54EB3 #B3734E #5BB34E

split-complementary

#4E8EB3 #B34E5B #B3A54E

monochromatic

#284A5E #3B6C89 #4E8EB3 #79A9C5 #A4C5D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#4E8EB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#4E8EB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8EB3

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8EB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8EB3	1.00	3.59	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.59	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)

#7D8DB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F82B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8eb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 142, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.086 235.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87afca',
    500: '#4e8eb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8eb3;
$custom-light: #87afca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8eb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.98,
    "s": 39.921,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61916,
    "c": 0.08646,
    "h": 235.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8EB3

secondary

#C5A898

accent

#8458D0

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8EB3

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

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