#4E8EB5#4E8EB5

#4E8EB5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.088 H 237.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8EB5
RGB	rgb(78, 142, 181)
HSL	hsl(203, 41%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(203, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 21.5%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.39, -9.01, -26.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.39, 28.13, 251.31°)
OKLab	oklab(62.01% -0.0478 -0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(62.01% 0.088 237.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.1523, 24.3000, 47.2828)
Luminance	0.2430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8EB5 #B5754E

analogous

#4EB5A8 #4E8EB5 #4E5AB5

triadic

#4E8EB5 #B54E8E #8EB54E

tetradic

#4E8EB5 #A84EB5 #B5754E #5AB54E

square

#4E8EB5 #A84EB5 #B5754E #5AB54E

split-complementary

#4E8EB5 #B54E5A #B5A84E

monochromatic

#284B60 #3A6D8B #4E8EB5 #79AAC7 #A4C5D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#4E8EB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#4E8EB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8EB5

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8EB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8EB5	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8DB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E83B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8eb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 142, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.088 237.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88afcb',
    500: '#4e8eb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8eb5;
$custom-light: #88afcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8eb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.718,
    "s": 41.036,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62007,
    "c": 0.08848,
    "h": 237.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8EB5

secondary

#C6AA99

accent

#8557D1

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8EB5

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

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