#4E8AD0#4E8AD0

#4E8AD0 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.124 H 253.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8AD0
RGB	rgb(78, 138, 208)
HSL	hsl(212, 58%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(212, 63%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 33.7%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.44, 2.09, -41.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.44, 41.93, 272.86°)
OKLab	oklab(62.44% -0.035 -0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(62.44% 0.124 253.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.6114, 24.3485, 63.1177)
Luminance	0.2435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8AD0 #D0944E

analogous

#4ECBD0 #4E8AD0 #534ED0

triadic

#4E8AD0 #D04E8A #8AD04E

tetradic

#4E8AD0 #D04ECB #D0944E #4ED053

square

#4E8AD0 #D04ECB #D0944E #4ED053

split-complementary

#4E8AD0 #D0534E #CBD04E

monochromatic

#224E81 #2F6BB2 #4E8AD0 #7EAADD #AFCAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#4E8AD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#4E8AD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8AD0

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8AD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8AD0	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C8ED3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A82CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8ad0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 138, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.124 253.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8babde',
    500: '#4e8ad0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8ad0;
$custom-light: #8babde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8ad0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.308,
    "s": 58.036,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62443,
    "c": 0.12359,
    "h": 253.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8AD0

secondary

#D8BFA2

accent

#9A47E1

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8AD0

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

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