#4E8BDC#4E8BDC

#4E8BDC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.138 H 256.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8BDC
RGB	rgb(78, 139, 220)
HSL	hsl(214, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(214, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 36.8%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.32, 5.56, -47.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.32, 47.54, 276.72°)
OKLab	oklab(63.33% -0.033 -0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(63.33% 0.138 256.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.2881, 25.2498, 71.2373)
Luminance	0.2525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8BDC #DC9F4E

analogous

#4ED2DC #4E8BDC #584EDC

triadic

#4E8BDC #DC4E8B #8BDC4E

tetradic

#4E8BDC #DC4ED2 #DC9F4E #4EDC58

square

#4E8BDC #DC4ED2 #DC9F4E #4EDC58

split-complementary

#4E8BDC #DC584E #D2DC4E

monochromatic

#1D5093 #276BC6 #4E8BDC #81ACE6 #B4CEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#4E8BDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#4E8BDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8BDC

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8BDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8BDC	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6791DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5384DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8bdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 139, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.138 256.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dace7',
    500: '#4e8bdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8bdc;
$custom-light: #8dace7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8bdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.225,
    "s": 66.981,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63328,
    "c": 0.13811,
    "h": 256.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8BDC

secondary

#DFC7A7

accent

#A03EEA

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FC

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8BDC

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

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