#4E8BCA#4E8BCA

#4E8BCA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.115 H 250.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8BCA
RGB	rgb(78, 139, 202)
HSL	hsl(210, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(210, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 31.2%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.43, -0.49, -38.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.43, 38.49, 269.26°)
OKLab	oklab(62.35% -0.0378 -0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(62.35% 0.115 250.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.0313, 24.3471, 59.3514)
Luminance	0.2435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8BCA #CA8D4E

analogous

#4EC9CA #4E8BCA #4F4ECA

triadic

#4E8BCA #CA4E8B #8BCA4E

tetradic

#4E8BCA #CA4EC9 #CA8D4E #4ECA4F

square

#4E8BCA #CA4EC9 #CA8D4E #4ECA4F

split-complementary

#4E8BCA #CA4F4E #C9CA4E

monochromatic

#244E79 #326CA8 #4E8BCA #7DAAD8 #ACC9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#4E8BCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#4E8BCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8BCA

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8BCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8BCA	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#708ECD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F82C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8bca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 139, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.115 250.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aacda',
    500: '#4e8bca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8bca;
$custom-light: #8aacda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8bca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.484,
    "s": 53.913,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62347,
    "c": 0.11503,
    "h": 250.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8BCA

secondary

#D4BAA0

accent

#954BDD

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8BCA

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

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