#4E8CC0#4E8CC0

#4E8CC0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.102 H 245.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8CC0
RGB	rgb(78, 140, 192)
HSL	hsl(207, 48%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(207, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 27.1%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.27, -4.36, -33.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.27, 33.37, 262.50°)
OKLab	oklab(62.07% -0.0419 -0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(62.07% 0.102 245.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.0309, 24.1796, 53.3651)
Luminance	0.2418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8CC0 #C0824E

analogous

#4EC0BB #4E8CC0 #4E53C0

triadic

#4E8CC0 #C04E8C #8CC04E

tetradic

#4E8CC0 #BB4EC0 #C0824E #53C04E

square

#4E8CC0 #BB4EC0 #C0824E #53C04E

split-complementary

#4E8CC0 #C04E53 #C0BB4E

monochromatic

#274D6D #376D9A #4E8CC0 #7BA9D0 #A8C7E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#4E8CC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#4E8CC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8CC0

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8CC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8CC0	1.00	3.60	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#768DC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6682BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8cc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 140, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.102 245.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89add3',
    500: '#4e8cc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8cc0;
$custom-light: #89add3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8cc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.368,
    "s": 47.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62067,
    "c": 0.10199,
    "h": 245.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8CC0

secondary

#CEB39C

accent

#8E51D7

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8CC0

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

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