#4E8ACD#4E8ACD

#4E8ACD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.120 H 252.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8ACD
RGB	rgb(78, 138, 205)
HSL	hsl(212, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(212, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 32.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.29, 1.09, -40.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.29, 40.42, 271.55°)
OKLab	oklab(62.28% -0.0358 -0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(62.28% 0.12 252.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.2458, 24.2023, 61.1922)
Luminance	0.2420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8ACD #CD914E

analogous

#4EC9CD #4E8ACD #524ECD

triadic

#4E8ACD #CD4E8A #8ACD4E

tetradic

#4E8ACD #CD4EC9 #CD914E #4ECD52

square

#4E8ACD #CD4EC9 #CD914E #4ECD52

split-complementary

#4E8ACD #CD524E #C9CD4E

monochromatic

#234E7D #316BAD #4E8ACD #7EAADA #ADC9E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#4E8ACD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#4E8ACD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8ACD

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8ACD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8ACD	1.00	3.60	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D8ED0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C81CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0099A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8acd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 138, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.120 252.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8babdc',
    500: '#4e8acd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8acd;
$custom-light: #8babdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8acd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.654,
    "s": 55.947,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62281,
    "c": 0.11974,
    "h": 252.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8ACD

secondary

#D6BDA1

accent

#9849DF

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8ACD

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

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