#4E8BDD#4E8BDD

#4E8BDD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.139 H 256.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8BDD
RGB	rgb(78, 139, 221)
HSL	hsl(214, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(214, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 37.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.37, 5.90, -47.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.37, 48.06, 277.05°)
OKLab	oklab(63.39% -0.0328 -0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(63.39% 0.139 256.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.4209, 25.3029, 71.9369)
Luminance	0.2530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8BDD #DDA04E

analogous

#4ED2DD #4E8BDD #584EDD

triadic

#4E8BDD #DD4E8B #8BDD4E

tetradic

#4E8BDD #DD4ED2 #DDA04E #4EDD58

square

#4E8BDD #DD4ED2 #DDA04E #4EDD58

split-complementary

#4E8BDD #DD584E #D2DD4E

monochromatic

#1C5094 #266BC7 #4E8BDD #81ADE7 #B5CEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#4E8BDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#4E8BDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8BDD

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8BDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8BDD	1.00	3.46	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6791E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5284DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8bdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 139, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.139 256.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dace8',
    500: '#4e8bdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8bdd;
$custom-light: #8dace8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8bdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.406,
    "s": 67.773,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63385,
    "c": 0.13942,
    "h": 256.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8BDD

secondary

#E0C8A7

accent

#A13DEB

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FC

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8BDD

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

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