#4E8FBC#4E8FBC

#4E8FBC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.095 H 240.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8FBC
RGB	rgb(78, 143, 188)
HSL	hsl(205, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(205, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 23.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.97, -7.36, -29.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.97, 30.62, 256.09°)
OKLab	oklab(62.57% -0.0465 -0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(62.57% 0.095 240.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.0381, 24.8934, 51.2107)
Luminance	0.2490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8FBC #BC7B4E

analogous

#4EBCB2 #4E8FBC #4E58BC

triadic

#4E8FBC #BC4E8F #8FBC4E

tetradic

#4E8FBC #B24EBC #BC7B4E #58BC4E

square

#4E8FBC #B24EBC #BC7B4E #58BC4E

split-complementary

#4E8FBC #BC4E58 #BCB24E

monochromatic

#274E68 #386F95 #4E8FBC #7AABCD #A7C7DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#4E8FBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#4E8FBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8FBC

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8FBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8FBC	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8FBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C84BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8fbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 143, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.095 240.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88afd0',
    500: '#4e8fbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8fbc;
$custom-light: #88afd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8fbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.545,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62566,
    "c": 0.09539,
    "h": 240.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8FBC

secondary

#CBAF9B

accent

#8853D5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8FBC

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

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