#4E8BDE#4E8BDE

#4E8BDE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.141 H 256.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8BDE
RGB	rgb(78, 139, 222)
HSL	hsl(215, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(215, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 37.4%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.42, 6.24, -48.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.42, 48.57, 277.38°)
OKLab	oklab(63.44% -0.0325 -0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(63.44% 0.141 256.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.5546, 25.3564, 72.6406)
Luminance	0.2536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8BDE #DEA14E

analogous

#4ED3DE #4E8BDE #594EDE

triadic

#4E8BDE #DE4E8B #8BDE4E

tetradic

#4E8BDE #DE4ED3 #DEA14E #4EDE59

square

#4E8BDE #DE4ED3 #DEA14E #4EDE59

split-complementary

#4E8BDE #DE594E #D3DE4E

monochromatic

#1C4F96 #266BC9 #4E8BDE #82ADE8 #B5CFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#4E8BDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#4E8BDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8BDE

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8BDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8BDE	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6691E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5284DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8bde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 139, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.141 256.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dace9',
    500: '#4e8bde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8bde;
$custom-light: #8dace9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8bde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.583,
    "s": 68.571,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63442,
    "c": 0.14071,
    "h": 256.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8BDE

secondary

#E0C8A8

accent

#A13CEB

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8BDE

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

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