#4E8BD8#4E8BD8

#4E8BD8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.133 H 255.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8BD8
RGB	rgb(78, 139, 216)
HSL	hsl(213, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(213, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 35.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.11, 4.20, -45.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.11, 45.49, 275.30°)
OKLab	oklab(63.1% -0.034 -0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(63.1% 0.133 255.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.7647, 25.0404, 68.4806)
Luminance	0.2504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8BD8 #D89B4E

analogous

#4ED0D8 #4E8BD8 #564ED8

triadic

#4E8BD8 #D84E8B #8BD84E

tetradic

#4E8BD8 #D84ED0 #D89B4E #4ED856

square

#4E8BD8 #D84ED0 #D89B4E #4ED856

split-complementary

#4E8BD8 #D8564E #D0D84E

monochromatic

#1F4F8D #2A6CBF #4E8BD8 #80ACE3 #B2CDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#4E8BD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#4E8BD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8BD8

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8BD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8BD8	1.00	3.49	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6990DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5683D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8bd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 139, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.133 255.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cace4',
    500: '#4e8bd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8bd8;
$custom-light: #8cace4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8bd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.478,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63104,
    "c": 0.13292,
    "h": 255.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8BD8

secondary

#DDC4A5

accent

#9E41E7

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8BD8

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

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