#4E8FBE#4E8FBE

#4E8FBE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.098 H 242.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8FBE
RGB	rgb(78, 143, 190)
HSL	hsl(205, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(205, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 24.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.06, -6.72, -30.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.06, 31.45, 257.66°)
OKLab	oklab(62.66% -0.0459 -0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(62.66% 0.098 242)
XYZ	xyz(22.2552, 24.9803, 52.3541)
Luminance	0.2498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8FBE #BE7D4E

analogous

#4EBEB5 #4E8FBE #4E57BE

triadic

#4E8FBE #BE4E8F #8FBE4E

tetradic

#4E8FBE #B54EBE #BE7D4E #57BE4E

square

#4E8FBE #B54EBE #BE7D4E #57BE4E

split-complementary

#4E8FBE #BE4E57 #BEB54E

monochromatic

#274E6A #386F97 #4E8FBE #7BABCE #A8C8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#4E8FBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#4E8FBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8FBE

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8FBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8FBE	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8FC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B84BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8fbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 143, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.098 242.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89afd1',
    500: '#4e8fbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8fbe;
$custom-light: #89afd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8fbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.179,
    "s": 46.281,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62661,
    "c": 0.0976,
    "h": 242
  },
  "luminance": 0.24982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8FBE

secondary

#CCB09C

accent

#8952D6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8FBE

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

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