#4E8CC1#4E8CC1

#4E8CC1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.103 H 246.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8CC1
RGB	rgb(78, 140, 193)
HSL	hsl(208, 48%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(208, 60%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 27.5%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.31, -4.03, -33.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.31, 33.83, 263.15°)
OKLab	oklab(62.12% -0.0416 -0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(62.12% 0.103 246.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.1421, 24.2241, 53.9506)
Luminance	0.2423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8CC1 #C1834E

analogous

#4EC1BC #4E8CC1 #4E52C1

triadic

#4E8CC1 #C14E8C #8CC14E

tetradic

#4E8CC1 #BC4EC1 #C1834E #52C14E

square

#4E8CC1 #BC4EC1 #C1834E #52C14E

split-complementary

#4E8CC1 #C14E52 #C1BC4E

monochromatic

#274D6E #366D9B #4E8CC1 #7BA9D1 #A9C7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#4E8CC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#4E8CC1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8CC1

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8CC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8CC1	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#758DC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6682C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8cc1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 140, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.103 246.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89add4',
    500: '#4e8cc1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8cc1;
$custom-light: #89add4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8cc1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.652,
    "s": 48.117,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62116,
    "c": 0.10317,
    "h": 246.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8CC1

secondary

#CEB39D

accent

#8F50D8

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8CC1

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

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