#4E8CC3#4E8CC3

#4E8CC3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.106 H 247.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8CC3
RGB	rgb(78, 140, 195)
HSL	hsl(208, 49%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(208, 60%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 28.2%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.40, -3.38, -34.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.40, 34.75, 264.42°)
OKLab	oklab(62.22% -0.0409 -0.0973)
OKLCH	oklch(62.22% 0.106 247.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.3667, 24.3139, 55.1335)
Luminance	0.2432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8CC3 #C3854E

analogous

#4EC3BF #4E8CC3 #4E51C3

triadic

#4E8CC3 #C34E8C #8CC34E

tetradic

#4E8CC3 #BF4EC3 #C3854E #51C34E

square

#4E8CC3 #BF4EC3 #C3854E #51C34E

split-complementary

#4E8CC3 #C34E51 #C3BF4E

monochromatic

#264E70 #366D9E #4E8CC3 #7CAAD2 #A9C7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#4E8CC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#4E8CC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8CC3

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8CC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8CC3	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#748EC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6582C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8cc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 140, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.106 247.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89add5',
    500: '#4e8cc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8cc3;
$custom-light: #89add5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8cc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.205,
    "s": 49.367,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62216,
    "c": 0.10557,
    "h": 247.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8CC3

secondary

#CFB59D

accent

#904FD9

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8CC3

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

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