#4E8BD3#4E8BD3

#4E8BD3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.126 H 253.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8BD3
RGB	rgb(78, 139, 211)
HSL	hsl(212, 60%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(212, 63%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 34.1%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.87, 2.51, -42.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.87, 42.95, 273.35°)
OKLab	oklab(62.83% -0.0353 -0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(62.83% 0.126 253.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.1281, 24.7858, 65.1280)
Luminance	0.2479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8BD3 #D3964E

analogous

#4ECED3 #4E8BD3 #544ED3

triadic

#4E8BD3 #D34E8B #8BD34E

tetradic

#4E8BD3 #D34ECE #D3964E #4ED354

square

#4E8BD3 #D34ECE #D3964E #4ED354

split-complementary

#4E8BD3 #D3544E #CED34E

monochromatic

#214F85 #2D6CB6 #4E8BD3 #7FABDF #B0CBEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#4E8BD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#4E8BD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8BD3

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8BD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8BD3	1.00	3.52	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C8FD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A83D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8bd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 139, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.126 253.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bace1',
    500: '#4e8bd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8bd3;
$custom-light: #8bace1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8bd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.481,
    "s": 60.181,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62828,
    "c": 0.12647,
    "h": 253.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8BD3

secondary

#DAC1A3

accent

#9A44E3

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8BD3

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

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