#4E8ACE#4E8ACE

#4E8ACE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.121 H 252.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8ACE
RGB	rgb(78, 138, 206)
HSL	hsl(212, 57%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(212, 62%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 33%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.34, 1.42, -40.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.34, 40.92, 271.99°)
OKLab	oklab(62.33% -0.0356 -0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(62.33% 0.121 252.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.3669, 24.2507, 61.8300)
Luminance	0.2425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8ACE #CE924E

analogous

#4ECACE #4E8ACE #524ECE

triadic

#4E8ACE #CE4E8A #8ACE4E

tetradic

#4E8ACE #CE4ECA #CE924E #4ECE52

square

#4E8ACE #CE4ECA #CE924E #4ECE52

split-complementary

#4E8ACE #CE524E #CACE4E

monochromatic

#234E7F #306BAE #4E8ACE #7EAADB #AEC9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#4E8ACE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#4E8ACE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8ACE

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8ACE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8ACE	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D8ED1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C82CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8ace;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 138, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.121 252.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8babdd',
    500: '#4e8ace',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8ace;
$custom-light: #8babdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8ace",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.875,
    "s": 56.637,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62335,
    "c": 0.12103,
    "h": 252.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8ACE

secondary

#D7BEA1

accent

#9948E0

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8ACE

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

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