#4E8BD4#4E8BD4

#4E8BD4 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.128 H 254.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8BD4
RGB	rgb(78, 139, 212)
HSL	hsl(213, 61%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(213, 63%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 34.4%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.92, 2.85, -43.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.92, 43.46, 273.76°)
OKLab	oklab(62.88% -0.035 -0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(62.88% 0.128 254.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.2539, 24.8361, 65.7903)
Luminance	0.2484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8BD4 #D4974E

analogous

#4ECED4 #4E8BD4 #544ED4

triadic

#4E8BD4 #D44E8B #8BD44E

tetradic

#4E8BD4 #D44ECE #D4974E #4ED454

square

#4E8BD4 #D44ECE #D4974E #4ED454

split-complementary

#4E8BD4 #D4544E #CED44E

monochromatic

#214F87 #2D6CB8 #4E8BD4 #7FABE0 #B0CCEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#4E8BD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#4E8BD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8BD4

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8BD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8BD4	1.00	3.52	5.97	5.97
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B90D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5983D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8bd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 139, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.128 254.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cace1',
    500: '#4e8bd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8bd4;
$custom-light: #8cace1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8bd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.687,
    "s": 60.909,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62883,
    "c": 0.12775,
    "h": 254.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8BD4

secondary

#DAC1A4

accent

#9B44E4

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8BD4

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

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