#4E8BCC#4E8BCC

#4E8BCC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.118 H 251.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8BCC
RGB	rgb(78, 139, 204)
HSL	hsl(211, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(211, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 31.9%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.53, 0.17, -39.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.53, 39.47, 270.25°)
OKLab	oklab(62.45% -0.0372 -0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(62.45% 0.118 251.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.2696, 24.4424, 60.6066)
Luminance	0.2445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8BCC #CC8F4E

analogous

#4ECACC #4E8BCC #504ECC

triadic

#4E8BCC #CC4E8B #8BCC4E

tetradic

#4E8BCC #CC4ECA #CC8F4E #4ECC50

square

#4E8BCC #CC4ECA #CC8F4E #4ECC50

split-complementary

#4E8BCC #CC504E #CACC4E

monochromatic

#244E7C #316CAB #4E8BCC #7EAADA #ADC9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#4E8BCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#4E8BCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8BCC

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8BCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8BCC	1.00	3.57	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F8ECF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E82CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8bcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 139, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.118 251.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aacdc',
    500: '#4e8bcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8bcc;
$custom-light: #8aacdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8bcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.952,
    "s": 55.263,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62452,
    "c": 0.11755,
    "h": 251.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8BCC

secondary

#D5BCA1

accent

#9649DF

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8BCC

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

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