#4E8ACC#4E8ACC

#4E8ACC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.118 H 252.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8ACC
RGB	rgb(78, 138, 204)
HSL	hsl(211, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(211, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 32.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.24, 0.76, -39.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.24, 39.93, 271.09°)
OKLab	oklab(62.23% -0.0361 -0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(62.23% 0.118 252.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.1255, 24.1541, 60.5585)
Luminance	0.2416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8ACC #CC904E

analogous

#4EC9CC #4E8ACC #514ECC

triadic

#4E8ACC #CC4E8A #8ACC4E

tetradic

#4E8ACC #CC4EC9 #CC904E #4ECC51

square

#4E8ACC #CC4EC9 #CC904E #4ECC51

split-complementary

#4E8ACC #CC514E #C9CC4E

monochromatic

#244E7C #316BAB #4E8ACC #7EA9DA #ADC9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#4E8ACC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#4E8ACC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8ACC

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8ACC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8ACC	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E8ECF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D81CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0099A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8acc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 138, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.118 252.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aabdc',
    500: '#4e8acc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8acc;
$custom-light: #8aabdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8acc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.429,
    "s": 55.263,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62228,
    "c": 0.11847,
    "h": 252.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8ACC

secondary

#D5BCA1

accent

#9749DF

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8ACC

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

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