#4E8ACA#4E8ACA

#4E8ACA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.116 H 251.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8ACA
RGB	rgb(78, 138, 202)
HSL	hsl(211, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(211, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 31.7%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.15, 0.09, -38.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.15, 38.94, 270.13°)
OKLab	oklab(62.12% -0.0367 -0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(62.12% 0.116 251.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.8872, 24.0588, 59.3033)
Luminance	0.2406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8ACA #CA8E4E

analogous

#4EC8CA #4E8ACA #504ECA

triadic

#4E8ACA #CA4E8A #8ACA4E

tetradic

#4E8ACA #CA4EC8 #CA8E4E #4ECA50

square

#4E8ACA #CA4EC8 #CA8E4E #4ECA50

split-complementary

#4E8ACA #CA504E #C8CA4E

monochromatic

#244D79 #326BA8 #4E8ACA #7DA9D8 #ACC8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#4E8ACA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#4E8ACA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8ACA

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8ACA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8ACA	1.00	3.61	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F8DCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E81C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0099A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8aca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 138, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.116 251.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aabda',
    500: '#4e8aca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8aca;
$custom-light: #8aabda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8aca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.968,
    "s": 53.913,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62122,
    "c": 0.11594,
    "h": 251.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8ACA

secondary

#D4BBA0

accent

#964BDD

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8ACA

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

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