#4E8BC8#4E8BC8

#4E8BC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.113 H 250.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8BC8
RGB	rgb(78, 139, 200)
HSL	hsl(210, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(210, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 30.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.34, -1.16, -37.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.34, 37.52, 268.23°)
OKLab	oklab(62.24% -0.0383 -0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(62.24% 0.113 250.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.7960, 24.2529, 58.1123)
Luminance	0.2425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8BC8 #C88B4E

analogous

#4EC8C8 #4E8BC8 #4E4EC8

triadic

#4E8BC8 #C84E8B #8BC84E

tetradic

#4E8BC8 #C84EC8 #C88B4E #4EC84E

square

#4E8BC8 #C84EC8 #C88B4E #4EC84E

split-complementary

#4E8BC8 #C84E4E #C8C84E

monochromatic

#254E77 #336CA5 #4E8BC8 #7DAAD7 #ABC8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#4E8BC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#4E8BC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8BC8

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8BC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8BC8	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#718ECB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6182C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0099A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8bc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 139, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.113 250.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aacd9',
    500: '#4e8bc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8bc8;
$custom-light: #8aacd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8bc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62243,
    "c": 0.11253,
    "h": 250.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8BC8

secondary

#D3B99F

accent

#944CDC

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0D1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8BC8

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

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