#4E8ADD#4E8ADD

#4E8ADD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.140 H 256.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8ADD
RGB	rgb(78, 138, 221)
HSL	hsl(215, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(215, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 37.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.09, 6.50, -48.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.09, 48.57, 277.69°)
OKLab	oklab(63.17% -0.0318 -0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(63.17% 0.14 256.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.2768, 25.0146, 71.8888)
Luminance	0.2502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8ADD #DDA14E

analogous

#4ED2DD #4E8ADD #594EDD

triadic

#4E8ADD #DD4E8A #8ADD4E

tetradic

#4E8ADD #DD4ED2 #DDA14E #4EDD59

square

#4E8ADD #DD4ED2 #DDA14E #4EDD59

split-complementary

#4E8ADD #DD594E #D2DD4E

monochromatic

#1C4F94 #266AC7 #4E8ADD #81ACE7 #B5CEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#4E8ADD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#4E8ADD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8ADD

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8ADD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8ADD	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6590E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5183DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8add;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 138, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.140 256.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dabe8',
    500: '#4e8add',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8add;
$custom-light: #8dabe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8add",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.825,
    "s": 67.773,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63168,
    "c": 0.14046,
    "h": 256.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8ADD

secondary

#E0C8A7

accent

#A23DEB

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FC

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8ADD

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

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