#4E8AD8#4E8AD8

#4E8AD8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.134 H 255.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8AD8
RGB	rgb(78, 138, 216)
HSL	hsl(214, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(214, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 36.1%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.83, 4.79, -45.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.83, 45.99, 275.98°)
OKLab	oklab(62.88% -0.033 -0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(62.88% 0.134 255.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.6206, 24.7522, 68.4326)
Luminance	0.2475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8AD8 #D89C4E

analogous

#4ECFD8 #4E8AD8 #574ED8

triadic

#4E8AD8 #D84E8A #8AD84E

tetradic

#4E8AD8 #D84ECF #D89C4E #4ED857

square

#4E8AD8 #D84ECF #D89C4E #4ED857

split-complementary

#4E8AD8 #D8574E #CFD84E

monochromatic

#1F4F8D #2A6BBF #4E8AD8 #80ABE3 #B2CCEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#4E8AD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#4E8AD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8AD8

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8AD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8AD8	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#688FDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5582D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8ad8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 138, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.134 255.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cabe4',
    500: '#4e8ad8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8ad8;
$custom-light: #8cabe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8ad8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.913,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62884,
    "c": 0.13393,
    "h": 255.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8AD8

secondary

#DDC5A5

accent

#9F41E7

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8AD8

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

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