#4E8BC7#4E8BC7

#4E8BC7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.111 H 249.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8BC7
RGB	rgb(78, 139, 199)
HSL	hsl(210, 52%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(210, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 30.2%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.29, -1.49, -37.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.29, 37.04, 267.70°)
OKLab	oklab(62.19% -0.0386 -0.1044)
OKLCH	oklch(62.19% 0.111 249.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.6796, 24.2064, 57.4989)
Luminance	0.2421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8BC7 #C78A4E

analogous

#4EC7C6 #4E8BC7 #4E4FC7

triadic

#4E8BC7 #C74E8B #8BC74E

tetradic

#4E8BC7 #C64EC7 #C78A4E #4FC74E

square

#4E8BC7 #C64EC7 #C78A4E #4FC74E

split-complementary

#4E8BC7 #C74E4F #C7C64E

monochromatic

#254E75 #346CA4 #4E8BC7 #7CA9D6 #ABC8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#4E8BC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#4E8BC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8BC7

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8BC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8BC7	1.00	3.59	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#718DCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6182C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0099A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8bc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 139, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.111 249.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aacd8',
    500: '#4e8bc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8bc7;
$custom-light: #8aacd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8bc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.752,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62192,
    "c": 0.11129,
    "h": 249.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8BC7

secondary

#D2B89F

accent

#934CDB

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0D1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8BC7

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →