#4E8ADC#4E8ADC

#4E8ADC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.139 H 256.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8ADC
RGB	rgb(78, 138, 220)
HSL	hsl(215, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(215, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 37.3%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.04, 6.15, -47.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.04, 48.05, 277.36°)
OKLab	oklab(63.11% -0.032 -0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(63.11% 0.139 256.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.1440, 24.9615, 71.1892)
Luminance	0.2496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8ADC #DCA04E

analogous

#4ED1DC #4E8ADC #594EDC

triadic

#4E8ADC #DC4E8A #8ADC4E

tetradic

#4E8ADC #DC4ED1 #DCA04E #4EDC59

square

#4E8ADC #DC4ED1 #DCA04E #4EDC59

split-complementary

#4E8ADC #DC594E #D1DC4E

monochromatic

#1D4F93 #276AC6 #4E8ADC #81ACE6 #B4CEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#4E8ADC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99

#4E8ADC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8ADC

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8ADC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8ADC	1.00	3.50	5.99	5.99
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6690DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5283DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8adc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 138, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.139 256.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dabe7',
    500: '#4e8adc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8adc;
$custom-light: #8dabe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8adc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.648,
    "s": 66.981,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6311,
    "c": 0.13915,
    "h": 256.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8ADC

secondary

#DFC7A7

accent

#A13EEA

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FC

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8ADC

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

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