#4E8BD9#4E8BD9

#4E8BD9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.134 H 255.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8BD9
RGB	rgb(78, 139, 217)
HSL	hsl(214, 65%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(214, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 35.9%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.17, 4.54, -45.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.17, 46.00, 275.66°)
OKLab	oklab(63.16% -0.0337 -0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(63.16% 0.134 255.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.8944, 25.0923, 69.1635)
Luminance	0.2510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8BD9 #D99C4E

analogous

#4ED0D9 #4E8BD9 #564ED9

triadic

#4E8BD9 #D94E8B #8BD94E

tetradic

#4E8BD9 #D94ED0 #D99C4E #4ED956

square

#4E8BD9 #D94ED0 #D99C4E #4ED956

split-complementary

#4E8BD9 #D9564E #D0D94E

monochromatic

#1F4F8E #296CC0 #4E8BD9 #80ACE4 #B3CDEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#4E8BD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#4E8BD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8BD9

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8BD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8BD9	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6990DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5683D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8bd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 139, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.134 255.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cace5',
    500: '#4e8bd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8bd9;
$custom-light: #8cace5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8bd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.669,
    "s": 64.651,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63159,
    "c": 0.13421,
    "h": 255.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8BD9

secondary

#DDC5A6

accent

#9E40E8

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8BD9

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

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