#4E8EBB#4E8EBB

#4E8EBB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.095 H 241.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8EBB
RGB	rgb(78, 142, 187)
HSL	hsl(205, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(205, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 24.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.64, -7.11, -29.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.64, 30.52, 256.52°)
OKLab	oklab(62.29% -0.0457 -0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(62.29% 0.095 241.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.7812, 24.5516, 50.5952)
Luminance	0.2455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8EBB #BB7B4E

analogous

#4EBBB2 #4E8EBB #4E57BB

triadic

#4E8EBB #BB4E8E #8EBB4E

tetradic

#4E8EBB #B24EBB #BB7B4E #57BB4E

square

#4E8EBB #B24EBB #BB7B4E #57BB4E

split-complementary

#4E8EBB #BB4E57 #BBB24E

monochromatic

#284D67 #396E93 #4E8EBB #7AAACC #A6C6DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#4E8EBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#4E8EBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8EBB

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8EBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8EBB	1.00	3.55	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8EBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B83BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8ebb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 142, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.095 241.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88afcf',
    500: '#4e8ebb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8ebb;
$custom-light: #88afcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8ebb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.771,
    "s": 44.49,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62287,
    "c": 0.0949,
    "h": 241.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8EBB

secondary

#CAAE9B

accent

#8954D4

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8EBB

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

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