#4E8EB4#4E8EB4

#4E8EB4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.087 H 236.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8EB4
RGB	rgb(78, 142, 180)
HSL	hsl(202, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(202, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 21.1%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.35, -9.33, -26.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.35, 27.75, 250.36°)
OKLab	oklab(61.96% -0.0482 -0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(61.96% 0.087 236.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.0500, 24.2591, 46.7443)
Luminance	0.2426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8EB4 #B4744E

analogous

#4EB4A7 #4E8EB4 #4E5BB4

triadic

#4E8EB4 #B44E8E #8EB44E

tetradic

#4E8EB4 #A74EB4 #B4744E #5BB44E

square

#4E8EB4 #A74EB4 #B4744E #5BB44E

split-complementary

#4E8EB4 #B44E5B #B4A74E

monochromatic

#284B5F #3B6D8A #4E8EB4 #79A9C6 #A4C5D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#4E8EB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#4E8EB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8EB4

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8EB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8EB4	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8DB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E82B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8eb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 142, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.087 236.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87afca',
    500: '#4e8eb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8eb4;
$custom-light: #87afca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8eb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.353,
    "s": 40.476,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61962,
    "c": 0.08747,
    "h": 236.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8EB4

secondary

#C6A998

accent

#8457D0

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8EB4

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

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