#4E8AD6#4E8AD6

#4E8AD6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.131 H 255.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8AD6
RGB	rgb(78, 138, 214)
HSL	hsl(214, 62%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(214, 64%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 35.5%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.73, 4.12, -44.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.73, 44.97, 275.25°)
OKLab	oklab(62.77% -0.0335 -0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(62.77% 0.131 255.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.3636, 24.6494, 67.0791)
Luminance	0.2465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8AD6 #D69A4E

analogous

#4ECED6 #4E8AD6 #564ED6

triadic

#4E8AD6 #D64E8A #8AD64E

tetradic

#4E8AD6 #D64ECE #D69A4E #4ED656

square

#4E8AD6 #D64ECE #D69A4E #4ED656

split-complementary

#4E8AD6 #D6564E #CED64E

monochromatic

#204F8A #2B6BBB #4E8AD6 #80ABE2 #B1CCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#4E8AD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#4E8AD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8AD6

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8AD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8AD6	1.00	3.54	5.93	5.93
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#698FD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5682D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8ad6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 138, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.131 255.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cabe3',
    500: '#4e8ad6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8ad6;
$custom-light: #8cabe3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8ad6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.529,
    "s": 62.385,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62772,
    "c": 0.13134,
    "h": 255.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8AD6

secondary

#DBC3A4

accent

#9D42E5

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8AD6

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

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