#4E8EBC#4E8EBC

#4E8EBC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.096 H 241.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8EBC
RGB	rgb(78, 142, 188)
HSL	hsl(205, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(205, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 24.5%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.68, -6.79, -30.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.68, 30.93, 257.32°)
OKLab	oklab(62.33% -0.0454 -0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(62.33% 0.096 241.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.8886, 24.5945, 51.1609)
Luminance	0.2460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8EBC #BC7C4E

analogous

#4EBCB3 #4E8EBC #4E57BC

triadic

#4E8EBC #BC4E8E #8EBC4E

tetradic

#4E8EBC #B34EBC #BC7C4E #57BC4E

square

#4E8EBC #B34EBC #BC7C4E #57BC4E

split-complementary

#4E8EBC #BC4E57 #BCB34E

monochromatic

#274D68 #386E95 #4E8EBC #7AAACD #A7C7DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#4E8EBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#4E8EBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8EBC

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8EBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8EBC	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8EBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B83BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8ebc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 142, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.096 241.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88afd0',
    500: '#4e8ebc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8ebc;
$custom-light: #88afd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8ebc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.091,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62334,
    "c": 0.09601,
    "h": 241.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8EBC

secondary

#CBAF9B

accent

#8953D5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8EBC

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

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