#4E8FB6#4E8FB6

#4E8FB6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.089 H 236.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8FB6
RGB	rgb(78, 143, 182)
HSL	hsl(203, 42%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(203, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 21.4%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.72, -9.26, -26.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.72, 28.26, 250.87°)
OKLab	oklab(62.29% -0.0486 -0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(62.29% 0.089 236.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.4047, 24.6401, 47.8749)
Luminance	0.2464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8FB6 #B6754E

analogous

#4EB6A9 #4E8FB6 #4E5BB6

triadic

#4E8FB6 #B64E8F #8FB64E

tetradic

#4E8FB6 #A94EB6 #B6754E #5BB64E

square

#4E8FB6 #A94EB6 #B6754E #5BB64E

split-complementary

#4E8FB6 #B64E5B #B6A94E

monochromatic

#284C61 #3A6E8D #4E8FB6 #79AAC8 #A5C6DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#4E8FB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#4E8FB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8FB6

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8FB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8FB6	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)

#7D8EB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F83B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8fb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 143, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.089 236.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88afcc',
    500: '#4e8fb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8fb6;
$custom-light: #88afcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8fb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.5,
    "s": 41.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62287,
    "c": 0.08903,
    "h": 236.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8FB6

secondary

#C7AA99

accent

#8556D1

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8FB6

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

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