#4E8FB9#4E8FB9

#4E8FB9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.092 H 238.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8FB9
RGB	rgb(78, 143, 185)
HSL	hsl(204, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(204, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 22.7%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.85, -8.31, -28.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.85, 29.41, 253.58°)
OKLab	oklab(62.43% -0.0476 -0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(62.43% 0.092 238.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.7180, 24.7654, 49.5252)
Luminance	0.2477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8FB9 #B9784E

analogous

#4EB9AE #4E8FB9 #4E5AB9

triadic

#4E8FB9 #B94E8F #8FB94E

tetradic

#4E8FB9 #AE4EB9 #B9784E #5AB94E

square

#4E8FB9 #AE4EB9 #B9784E #5AB94E

split-complementary

#4E8FB9 #B94E5A #B9AE4E

monochromatic

#284D65 #396E91 #4E8FB9 #7AABCA #A6C7DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#4E8FB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#4E8FB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8FB9

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8FB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8FB9	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)

#7C8FBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D84B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8fb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 143, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.092 238.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88afce',
    500: '#4e8fb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8fb9;
$custom-light: #88afce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8fb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.551,
    "s": 43.32,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62425,
    "c": 0.09216,
    "h": 238.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8FB9

secondary

#C9AC9A

accent

#8655D3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8FB9

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

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