#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
RGBrgb(78, 139, 217)
HSLhsl(214, 65%, 58%)
HSVhsv(214, 64%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(64.1%, 35.9%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(57.17, 4.54, -45.78)
CIE-LCHlch(57.17, 46.00, 275.66°)
OKLaboklab(63.16% -0.0337 -0.1299)
OKLCHoklch(63.16% 0.134 255.4)
XYZxyz(24.8944, 25.0923, 69.1635)
Luminance0.2510 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

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
##4E8BD91.003.496.026.02
#FFFFFF3.491.0021.0021.00
#0000006.0221.001.001.00
##0000006.0221.001.001.00

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

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#4E8BD9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva