#4E8BCE#4E8BCE

#4E8BCE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.120 H 252.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8BCE
RGB	rgb(78, 139, 206)
HSL	hsl(211, 57%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(211, 62%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 32.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.62, 0.84, -40.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.62, 40.46, 271.18°)
OKLab	oklab(62.56% -0.0366 -0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(62.56% 0.12 252.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.5110, 24.5389, 61.8780)
Luminance	0.2454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8BCE #CE914E

analogous

#4ECBCE #4E8BCE #514ECE

triadic

#4E8BCE #CE4E8B #8BCE4E

tetradic

#4E8BCE #CE4ECB #CE914E #4ECE51

square

#4E8BCE #CE4ECB #CE914E #4ECE51

split-complementary

#4E8BCE #CE514E #CBCE4E

monochromatic

#234F7F #306CAE #4E8BCE #7EAADB #AECAE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#4E8BCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#4E8BCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8BCE

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8BCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8BCE	1.00	3.55	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E8FD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D82CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8bce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 139, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.120 252.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bacdd',
    500: '#4e8bce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8bce;
$custom-light: #8bacdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8bce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.406,
    "s": 56.637,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62558,
    "c": 0.12008,
    "h": 252.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8BCE

secondary

#D7BDA1

accent

#9748E0

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8BCE

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

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