#4E8AD9#4E8AD9

#4E8AD9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.135 H 256.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8AD9
RGB	rgb(78, 138, 217)
HSL	hsl(214, 65%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(214, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 36.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.88, 5.13, -46.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.88, 46.51, 276.34°)
OKLab	oklab(62.94% -0.0327 -0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(62.94% 0.135 256)
XYZ	xyz(24.7502, 24.8040, 69.1155)
Luminance	0.2481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8AD9 #D99D4E

analogous

#4ECFD9 #4E8AD9 #584ED9

triadic

#4E8AD9 #D94E8A #8AD94E

tetradic

#4E8AD9 #D94ECF #D99D4E #4ED958

square

#4E8AD9 #D94ECF #D99D4E #4ED958

split-complementary

#4E8AD9 #D9584E #CFD94E

monochromatic

#1F4F8E #296BC0 #4E8AD9 #80ABE4 #B3CDEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#4E8AD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#4E8AD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8AD9

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8AD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8AD9	1.00	3.52	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6790DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5483D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8ad9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 138, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.135 256.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cabe5',
    500: '#4e8ad9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8ad9;
$custom-light: #8cabe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8ad9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.101,
    "s": 64.651,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6294,
    "c": 0.13524,
    "h": 256
  },
  "luminance": 0.24806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8AD9

secondary

#DDC5A6

accent

#9F40E8

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8AD9

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

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