#4E8BD0#4E8BD0

#4E8BD0 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.123 H 252.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8BD0
RGB	rgb(78, 139, 208)
HSL	hsl(212, 58%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(212, 63%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 33.2%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.72, 1.51, -41.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.72, 41.45, 272.08°)
OKLab	oklab(62.67% -0.0361 -0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(62.67% 0.123 252.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.7555, 24.6367, 63.1657)
Luminance	0.2464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8BD0 #D0934E

analogous

#4ECCD0 #4E8BD0 #524ED0

triadic

#4E8BD0 #D04E8B #8BD04E

tetradic

#4E8BD0 #D04ECC #D0934E #4ED052

square

#4E8BD0 #D04ECC #D0934E #4ED052

split-complementary

#4E8BD0 #D0524E #CCD04E

monochromatic

#224F81 #2F6CB2 #4E8BD0 #7EABDD #AFCAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#4E8BD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#4E8BD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8BD0

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8BD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8BD0	1.00	3.54	5.93	5.93
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D8FD3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C82CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8bd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 139, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.123 252.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bacde',
    500: '#4e8bd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8bd0;
$custom-light: #8bacde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8bd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.846,
    "s": 58.036,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62666,
    "c": 0.12263,
    "h": 252.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8BD0

secondary

#D8BFA2

accent

#9947E1

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8BD0

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

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