#4E8EB9#4E8EB9

#4E8EB9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.093 H 239.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8EB9
RGB	rgb(78, 142, 185)
HSL	hsl(204, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(204, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 23.2%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.55, -7.75, -28.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.55, 29.70, 254.88°)
OKLab	oklab(62.19% -0.0464 -0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(62.19% 0.093 239.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.5686, 24.4665, 49.4754)
Luminance	0.2447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8EB9 #B9794E

analogous

#4EB9AF #4E8EB9 #4E59B9

triadic

#4E8EB9 #B94E8E #8EB94E

tetradic

#4E8EB9 #AF4EB9 #B9794E #59B94E

square

#4E8EB9 #AF4EB9 #B9794E #59B94E

split-complementary

#4E8EB9 #B94E59 #B9AF4E

monochromatic

#284C65 #396D91 #4E8EB9 #7AAACA #A6C6DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#4E8EB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#4E8EB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8EB9

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8EB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8EB9	1.00	3.56	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.56	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)

#7B8EBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C83B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8eb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 142, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.093 239.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88afce',
    500: '#4e8eb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8eb9;
$custom-light: #88afce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8eb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.112,
    "s": 43.32,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62192,
    "c": 0.09271,
    "h": 239.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8EB9

secondary

#C9AD9A

accent

#8855D3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8EB9

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

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