#4E8EB7#4E8EB7

#4E8EB7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.091 H 238.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8EB7
RGB	rgb(78, 142, 183)
HSL	hsl(203, 42%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(203, 57%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 22.4%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.47, -8.38, -27.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.47, 28.90, 253.14°)
OKLab	oklab(62.1% -0.0471 -0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(62.1% 0.091 238.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.3590, 24.3827, 48.3713)
Luminance	0.2439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8EB7 #B7774E

analogous

#4EB7AC #4E8EB7 #4E59B7

triadic

#4E8EB7 #B74E8E #8EB74E

tetradic

#4E8EB7 #AC4EB7 #B7774E #59B74E

square

#4E8EB7 #AC4EB7 #B7774E #59B74E

split-complementary

#4E8EB7 #B74E59 #B7AC4E

monochromatic

#284C63 #3A6D8E #4E8EB7 #7AAAC9 #A5C6DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#4E8EB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#4E8EB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8EB7

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8EB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8EB7	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8DB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D83B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8eb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 142, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.091 238.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88afcc',
    500: '#4e8eb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8eb7;
$custom-light: #88afcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8eb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.429,
    "s": 42.169,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62099,
    "c": 0.09057,
    "h": 238.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8EB7

secondary

#C8AB99

accent

#8656D2

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8EB7

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

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