#4E8FB4#4E8FB4

#4E8FB4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.087 H 235.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8FB4
RGB	rgb(78, 143, 180)
HSL	hsl(202, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(202, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 20.6%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.64, -9.89, -25.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.64, 27.52, 248.95°)
OKLab	oklab(62.2% -0.0493 -0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(62.2% 0.087 235.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.1995, 24.5580, 46.7942)
Luminance	0.2456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8FB4 #B4734E

analogous

#4EB4A6 #4E8FB4 #4E5CB4

triadic

#4E8FB4 #B44E8F #8FB44E

tetradic

#4E8FB4 #A64EB4 #B4734E #5CB44E

square

#4E8FB4 #A64EB4 #B4734E #5CB44E

split-complementary

#4E8FB4 #B44E5C #B4A64E

monochromatic

#284B5F #3B6D8A #4E8FB4 #79AAC6 #A4C5D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#4E8FB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#4E8FB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8FB4

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8FB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8FB4	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)

#7E8EB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F83B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8fb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 143, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.087 235.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87afca',
    500: '#4e8fb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8fb4;
$custom-light: #87afca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8fb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.765,
    "s": 40.476,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62196,
    "c": 0.08702,
    "h": 235.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8FB4

secondary

#C6A998

accent

#8357D0

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8FB4

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

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