#4E8FB3#4E8FB3

#4E8FB3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.086 H 234.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8FB3
RGB	rgb(78, 143, 179)
HSL	hsl(201, 40%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(201, 56%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 20.1%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.60, -10.20, -25.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.60, 27.16, 247.95°)
OKLab	oklab(62.15% -0.0497 -0.0702)
OKLCH	oklch(62.15% 0.086 234.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.0980, 24.5174, 46.2596)
Luminance	0.2452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8FB3 #B3724E

analogous

#4EB3A4 #4E8FB3 #4E5CB3

triadic

#4E8FB3 #B34E8F #8FB34E

tetradic

#4E8FB3 #A44EB3 #B3724E #5CB34E

square

#4E8FB3 #A44EB3 #B3724E #5CB34E

split-complementary

#4E8FB3 #B34E5C #B3A44E

monochromatic

#284B5E #3B6D89 #4E8FB3 #79AAC5 #A4C5D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#4E8FB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#4E8FB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8FB3

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8FB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8FB3	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)

#7E8EB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7083B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8fb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 143, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.086 234.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87afc9',
    500: '#4e8fb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8fb3;
$custom-light: #87afc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8fb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.386,
    "s": 39.921,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62151,
    "c": 0.08603,
    "h": 234.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8FB3

secondary

#C5A898

accent

#8358D0

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8FB3

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

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