#4E8EBD#4E8EBD

#4E8EBD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.097 H 242.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8EBD
RGB	rgb(78, 142, 189)
HSL	hsl(205, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(205, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 24.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.72, -6.47, -30.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.72, 31.35, 258.09°)
OKLab	oklab(62.38% -0.0451 -0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(62.38% 0.097 242.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.9968, 24.6378, 51.7306)
Luminance	0.2464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8EBD #BD7D4E

analogous

#4EBDB4 #4E8EBD #4E57BD

triadic

#4E8EBD #BD4E8E #8EBD4E

tetradic

#4E8EBD #B44EBD #BD7D4E #57BD4E

square

#4E8EBD #B44EBD #BD7D4E #57BD4E

split-complementary

#4E8EBD #BD4E57 #BDB44E

monochromatic

#274D69 #386E96 #4E8EBD #7BAACE #A7C7DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#4E8EBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#4E8EBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8EBD

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8EBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8EBD	1.00	3.54	5.93	5.93
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798EBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A83BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8ebd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 142, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.097 242.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88afd1',
    500: '#4e8ebd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8ebd;
$custom-light: #88afd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8ebd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.405,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62382,
    "c": 0.09713,
    "h": 242.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8EBD

secondary

#CCB09B

accent

#8A52D5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8EBD

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

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