#4E8ADB#4E8ADB

#4E8ADB is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.138 H 256.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8ADB
RGB	rgb(78, 138, 219)
HSL	hsl(214, 66%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(214, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 37%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.99, 5.81, -47.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.99, 47.54, 277.02°)
OKLab	oklab(63.05% -0.0322 -0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(63.05% 0.138 256.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.0119, 24.9087, 70.4938)
Luminance	0.2491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8ADB #DB9F4E

analogous

#4ED0DB #4E8ADB #584EDB

triadic

#4E8ADB #DB4E8A #8ADB4E

tetradic

#4E8ADB #DB4ED0 #DB9F4E #4EDB58

square

#4E8ADB #DB4ED0 #DB9F4E #4EDB58

split-complementary

#4E8ADB #DB584E #D0DB4E

monochromatic

#1E4F91 #286AC4 #4E8ADB #81ACE5 #B4CDF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#4E8ADB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#4E8ADB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8ADB

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8ADB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8ADB	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6690DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5283D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8adb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 138, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.138 256.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dabe6',
    500: '#4e8adb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8adb;
$custom-light: #8dabe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8adb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.468,
    "s": 66.197,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63053,
    "c": 0.13785,
    "h": 256.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8ADB

secondary

#DEC7A6

accent

#A13FE9

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8ADB

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

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