#4E8FB8#4E8FB8

#4E8FB8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.091 H 238.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8FB8
RGB	rgb(78, 143, 184)
HSL	hsl(203, 43%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(203, 58%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 22.3%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.80, -8.63, -27.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.80, 29.02, 252.70°)
OKLab	oklab(62.38% -0.0479 -0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(62.38% 0.091 238.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.6129, 24.7234, 48.9712)
Luminance	0.2472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8FB8 #B8774E

analogous

#4EB8AC #4E8FB8 #4E5AB8

triadic

#4E8FB8 #B84E8F #8FB84E

tetradic

#4E8FB8 #AC4EB8 #B8774E #5AB84E

square

#4E8FB8 #AC4EB8 #B8774E #5AB84E

split-complementary

#4E8FB8 #B84E5A #B8AC4E

monochromatic

#284D64 #396E8F #4E8FB8 #7AABCA #A5C6DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#4E8FB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#4E8FB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8FB8

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8FB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8FB8	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8EBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E83B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8fb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 143, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.091 238.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88afcd',
    500: '#4e8fb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8fb8;
$custom-light: #88afcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8fb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.208,
    "s": 42.742,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62379,
    "c": 0.0911,
    "h": 238.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8FB8

secondary

#C8AC9A

accent

#8655D3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8FB8

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

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