#4E8BD1#4E8BD1

#4E8BD1 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.124 H 253.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8BD1
RGB	rgb(78, 139, 209)
HSL	hsl(212, 59%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(212, 63%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 33.5%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.77, 1.84, -41.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.77, 41.95, 272.52°)
OKLab	oklab(62.72% -0.0358 -0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(62.72% 0.124 253.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.8790, 24.6861, 63.8157)
Luminance	0.2469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8BD1 #D1944E

analogous

#4ECDD1 #4E8BD1 #534ED1

triadic

#4E8BD1 #D14E8B #8BD14E

tetradic

#4E8BD1 #D14ECD #D1944E #4ED153

square

#4E8BD1 #D14ECD #D1944E #4ED153

split-complementary

#4E8BD1 #D1534E #CDD14E

monochromatic

#224F83 #2F6CB3 #4E8BD1 #7FABDE #AFCBEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#4E8BD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#4E8BD1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8BD1

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8BD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8BD1	1.00	3.54	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D8FD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B83D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8bd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 139, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.124 253.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bacdf',
    500: '#4e8bd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8bd1;
$custom-light: #8bacdf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8bd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.061,
    "s": 58.744,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62719,
    "c": 0.12391,
    "h": 253.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8BD1

secondary

#D8BFA2

accent

#9946E2

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8BD1

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

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