#4E8BCD#4E8BCD

#4E8BCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.119 H 251.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8BCD
RGB	rgb(78, 139, 205)
HSL	hsl(211, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(211, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 32.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.58, 0.50, -39.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.58, 39.96, 270.72°)
OKLab	oklab(62.51% -0.0369 -0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(62.51% 0.119 251.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.3899, 24.4905, 61.2403)
Luminance	0.2449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8BCD #CD904E

analogous

#4ECACD #4E8BCD #504ECD

triadic

#4E8BCD #CD4E8B #8BCD4E

tetradic

#4E8BCD #CD4ECA #CD904E #4ECD50

square

#4E8BCD #CD4ECA #CD904E #4ECD50

split-complementary

#4E8BCD #CD504E #CACD4E

monochromatic

#234F7D #316CAD #4E8BCD #7EAADA #ADCAE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#4E8BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#4E8BCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8BCD

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8BCD	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F8ED0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E82CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 139, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.119 251.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bacdc',
    500: '#4e8bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8bcd;
$custom-light: #8bacdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.181,
    "s": 55.947,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62505,
    "c": 0.11881,
    "h": 251.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8BCD

secondary

#D6BCA1

accent

#9749DF

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8BCD

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

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