#4E8BC9#4E8BC9

#4E8BC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.114 H 250.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8BC9
RGB	rgb(78, 139, 201)
HSL	hsl(210, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(210, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 30.8%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.39, -0.83, -38.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.39, 38.01, 268.75°)
OKLab	oklab(62.3% -0.038 -0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(62.3% 0.114 250.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.9133, 24.2998, 58.7298)
Luminance	0.2430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8BC9 #C98C4E

analogous

#4EC9C9 #4E8BC9 #4F4EC9

triadic

#4E8BC9 #C94E8B #8BC94E

tetradic

#4E8BC9 #C94EC9 #C98C4E #4EC94F

square

#4E8BC9 #C94EC9 #C98C4E #4EC94F

split-complementary

#4E8BC9 #C94F4E #C9C94E

monochromatic

#254E78 #336CA7 #4E8BC9 #7DAAD7 #ACC8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#4E8BC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#4E8BC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8BC9

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8BC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8BC9	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#718ECC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6082C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0099A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8bc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 139, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.114 250.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aacd9',
    500: '#4e8bc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8bc9;
$custom-light: #8aacd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8bc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.244,
    "s": 53.247,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62295,
    "c": 0.11378,
    "h": 250.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8BC9

secondary

#D3BA9F

accent

#944BDD

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0D1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8BC9

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

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