#4E8BDA#4E8BDA

#4E8BDA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.136 H 255.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8BDA
RGB	rgb(78, 139, 218)
HSL	hsl(214, 65%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(214, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 36.2%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.22, 4.88, -46.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.22, 46.51, 276.02°)
OKLab	oklab(63.22% -0.0335 -0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(63.22% 0.136 255.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.0248, 25.1445, 69.8506)
Luminance	0.2515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8BDA #DA9D4E

analogous

#4ED1DA #4E8BDA #574EDA

triadic

#4E8BDA #DA4E8B #8BDA4E

tetradic

#4E8BDA #DA4ED1 #DA9D4E #4EDA57

square

#4E8BDA #DA4ED1 #DA9D4E #4EDA57

split-complementary

#4E8BDA #DA574E #D1DA4E

monochromatic

#1E4F90 #296CC2 #4E8BDA #81ACE5 #B3CDEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#4E8BDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#4E8BDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8BDA

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8BDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8BDA	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6891DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5583D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8bda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 139, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.136 255.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cace6',
    500: '#4e8bda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8bda;
$custom-light: #8cace6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8bda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.857,
    "s": 65.421,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63216,
    "c": 0.13552,
    "h": 255.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8BDA

secondary

#DEC5A6

accent

#9F3FE8

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8BDA

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

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