#4E8EB6#4E8EB6

#4E8EB6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.090 H 238.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8EB6
RGB	rgb(78, 142, 182)
HSL	hsl(203, 42%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(203, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 22%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.43, -8.70, -27.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.43, 28.51, 252.24°)
OKLab	oklab(62.05% -0.0475 -0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(62.05% 0.09 238)
XYZ	xyz(21.2552, 24.3412, 47.8251)
Luminance	0.2434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8EB6 #B6764E

analogous

#4EB6AA #4E8EB6 #4E5AB6

triadic

#4E8EB6 #B64E8E #8EB64E

tetradic

#4E8EB6 #AA4EB6 #B6764E #5AB64E

square

#4E8EB6 #AA4EB6 #B6764E #5AB64E

split-complementary

#4E8EB6 #B64E5A #B6AA4E

monochromatic

#284B61 #3A6D8D #4E8EB6 #79AAC8 #A5C5DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#4E8EB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#4E8EB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8EB6

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8EB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8EB6	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8DB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D83B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8eb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 142, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.090 238.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88afcc',
    500: '#4e8eb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8eb6;
$custom-light: #88afcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8eb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.077,
    "s": 41.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62053,
    "c": 0.08952,
    "h": 238
  },
  "luminance": 0.24343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8EB6

secondary

#C7AB99

accent

#8656D1

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8EB6

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

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