#4E8CC2#4E8CC2

#4E8CC2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.104 H 246.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8CC2
RGB	rgb(78, 140, 194)
HSL	hsl(208, 49%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(208, 60%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 27.8%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.36, -3.71, -34.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.36, 34.29, 263.79°)
OKLab	oklab(62.17% -0.0412 -0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(62.17% 0.104 246.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.2540, 24.2689, 54.5401)
Luminance	0.2427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8CC2 #C2844E

analogous

#4EC2BE #4E8CC2 #4E52C2

triadic

#4E8CC2 #C24E8C #8CC24E

tetradic

#4E8CC2 #BE4EC2 #C2844E #52C24E

square

#4E8CC2 #BE4EC2 #C2844E #52C24E

split-complementary

#4E8CC2 #C24E52 #C2BE4E

monochromatic

#264D6F #366D9D #4E8CC2 #7CAAD2 #A9C7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#4E8CC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#4E8CC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8CC2

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8CC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8CC2	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)

#758EC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6582C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8cc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 140, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.104 246.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89add4',
    500: '#4e8cc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8cc2;
$custom-light: #89add4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8cc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.931,
    "s": 48.739,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62166,
    "c": 0.10437,
    "h": 246.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8CC2

secondary

#CFB49D

accent

#8F50D8

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8CC2

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

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