#4E8AD5#4E8AD5

#4E8AD5 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.130 H 255.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8AD5
RGB	rgb(78, 138, 213)
HSL	hsl(213, 62%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(213, 63%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 35.2%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.68, 3.78, -44.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.68, 44.46, 274.88°)
OKLab	oklab(62.72% -0.0337 -0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(62.72% 0.13 255)
XYZ	xyz(24.2363, 24.5984, 66.4086)
Luminance	0.2460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8AD5 #D5994E

analogous

#4ECED5 #4E8AD5 #554ED5

triadic

#4E8AD5 #D54E8A #8AD54E

tetradic

#4E8AD5 #D54ECE #D5994E #4ED555

square

#4E8AD5 #D54ECE #D5994E #4ED555

split-complementary

#4E8AD5 #D5554E #CED54E

monochromatic

#204F88 #2C6BBA #4E8AD5 #7FABE1 #B1CBEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#4E8AD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#4E8AD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8AD5

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8AD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8AD5	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A8FD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5782D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8ad5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 138, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.130 255.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cabe2',
    500: '#4e8ad5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8ad5;
$custom-light: #8cabe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8ad5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.333,
    "s": 61.644,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62717,
    "c": 0.13004,
    "h": 255
  },
  "luminance": 0.24601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8AD5

secondary

#DBC2A4

accent

#9D43E5

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8AD5

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

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