#4E8EBA#4E8EBA

#4E8EBA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.094 H 240.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8EBA
RGB	rgb(78, 142, 186)
HSL	hsl(204, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(204, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 23.7%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.59, -7.43, -29.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.59, 30.10, 255.71°)
OKLab	oklab(62.24% -0.0461 -0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(62.24% 0.094 240.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.6745, 24.5089, 50.0333)
Luminance	0.2451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8EBA #BA7A4E

analogous

#4EBAB0 #4E8EBA #4E58BA

triadic

#4E8EBA #BA4E8E #8EBA4E

tetradic

#4E8EBA #B04EBA #BA7A4E #58BA4E

square

#4E8EBA #B04EBA #BA7A4E #58BA4E

split-complementary

#4E8EBA #BA4E58 #BAB04E

monochromatic

#284D66 #396E92 #4E8EBA #7AAACB #A6C6DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#4E8EBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#4E8EBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8EBA

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8EBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8EBA	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8EBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C83B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8eba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 142, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.094 240.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88afcf',
    500: '#4e8eba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8eba;
$custom-light: #88afcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8eba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.444,
    "s": 43.902,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62239,
    "c": 0.0938,
    "h": 240.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8EBA

secondary

#CAAE9A

accent

#8854D4

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8EBA

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

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