#4E8AC9#4E8AC9

#4E8AC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.115 H 251.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8AC9
RGB	rgb(78, 138, 201)
HSL	hsl(211, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(211, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 31.3%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.10, -0.24, -38.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.10, 38.45, 269.64°)
OKLab	oklab(62.07% -0.037 -0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(62.07% 0.115 251.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.7692, 24.0116, 58.6818)
Luminance	0.2401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8AC9 #C98D4E

analogous

#4EC7C9 #4E8AC9 #504EC9

triadic

#4E8AC9 #C94E8A #8AC94E

tetradic

#4E8AC9 #C94EC7 #C98D4E #4EC950

square

#4E8AC9 #C94EC7 #C98D4E #4EC950

split-complementary

#4E8AC9 #C9504E #C7C94E

monochromatic

#254D78 #336BA7 #4E8AC9 #7DA9D7 #ACC8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#4E8AC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#4E8AC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8AC9

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8AC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8AC9	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F8DCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F81C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0099A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8ac9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 138, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.115 251.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aabd9',
    500: '#4e8ac9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8ac9;
$custom-light: #8aabd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8ac9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.732,
    "s": 53.247,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6207,
    "c": 0.11468,
    "h": 251.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8AC9

secondary

#D3BA9F

accent

#964BDD

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0D1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8AC9

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

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