#4E8EBE#4E8EBE

#4E8EBE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.098 H 242.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8EBE
RGB	rgb(78, 142, 190)
HSL	hsl(206, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(206, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 25.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.76, -6.15, -31.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.76, 31.78, 258.84°)
OKLab	oklab(62.43% -0.0447 -0.0875)
OKLCH	oklch(62.43% 0.098 242.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.1057, 24.6814, 52.3043)
Luminance	0.2468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8EBE #BE7E4E

analogous

#4EBEB6 #4E8EBE #4E56BE

triadic

#4E8EBE #BE4E8E #8EBE4E

tetradic

#4E8EBE #B64EBE #BE7E4E #56BE4E

square

#4E8EBE #B64EBE #BE7E4E #56BE4E

split-complementary

#4E8EBE #BE4E56 #BEB64E

monochromatic

#274E6A #386E97 #4E8EBE #7BABCE #A8C7DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#4E8EBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#4E8EBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8EBE

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8EBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8EBE	1.00	3.54	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798EC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A83BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8ebe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 142, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.098 242.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89aed1',
    500: '#4e8ebe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8ebe;
$custom-light: #89aed1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8ebe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.714,
    "s": 46.281,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6243,
    "c": 0.09825,
    "h": 242.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8EBE

secondary

#CCB09C

accent

#8A52D6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8EBE

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

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