#4E8EB8#4E8EB8

#4E8EB8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.092 H 239.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8EB8
RGB	rgb(78, 142, 184)
HSL	hsl(204, 43%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(204, 58%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 22.8%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.51, -8.07, -28.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.51, 29.30, 254.02°)
OKLab	oklab(62.15% -0.0468 -0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(62.15% 0.092 239.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.4634, 24.4245, 48.9214)
Luminance	0.2443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8EB8 #B8784E

analogous

#4EB8AD #4E8EB8 #4E59B8

triadic

#4E8EB8 #B84E8E #8EB84E

tetradic

#4E8EB8 #AD4EB8 #B8784E #59B84E

square

#4E8EB8 #AD4EB8 #B8784E #59B84E

split-complementary

#4E8EB8 #B84E59 #B8AD4E

monochromatic

#284C64 #396D8F #4E8EB8 #7AAACA #A5C6DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#4E8EB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#4E8EB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8EB8

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8EB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8EB8	1.00	3.57	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8EBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D83B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8eb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 142, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.092 239.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88afcd',
    500: '#4e8eb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8eb8;
$custom-light: #88afcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8eb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.774,
    "s": 42.742,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62146,
    "c": 0.09163,
    "h": 239.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8EB8

secondary

#C8AC9A

accent

#8755D3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8EB8

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

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