#4E8FBA#4E8FBA

#4E8FBA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.093 H 239.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8FBA
RGB	rgb(78, 143, 186)
HSL	hsl(204, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(204, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 23.1%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.89, -8.00, -28.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.89, 29.81, 254.44°)
OKLab	oklab(62.47% -0.0472 -0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(62.47% 0.093 239.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.8240, 24.8078, 50.0831)
Luminance	0.2481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8FBA #BA794E

analogous

#4EBAAF #4E8FBA #4E59BA

triadic

#4E8FBA #BA4E8F #8FBA4E

tetradic

#4E8FBA #AF4EBA #BA794E #59BA4E

square

#4E8FBA #AF4EBA #BA794E #59BA4E

split-complementary

#4E8FBA #BA4E59 #BAAF4E

monochromatic

#284D66 #396E92 #4E8FBA #7AABCB #A6C7DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#4E8FBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#4E8FBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8FBA

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8FBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8FBA	1.00	3.52	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8FBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D84B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8fba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 143, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.093 239.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88afcf',
    500: '#4e8fba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8fba;
$custom-light: #88afcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8fba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.889,
    "s": 43.902,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62472,
    "c": 0.09322,
    "h": 239.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8FBA

secondary

#CAAD9A

accent

#8754D4

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8FBA

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

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