#4E8CC4#4E8CC4

#4E8CC4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.107 H 247.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8CC4
RGB	rgb(78, 140, 196)
HSL	hsl(208, 50%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(208, 60%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 28.6%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.45, -3.05, -35.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.45, 35.21, 265.02°)
OKLab	oklab(62.27% -0.0406 -0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(62.27% 0.107 247.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.4801, 24.3593, 55.7310)
Luminance	0.2436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8CC4 #C4864E

analogous

#4EC4C1 #4E8CC4 #4E51C4

triadic

#4E8CC4 #C44E8C #8CC44E

tetradic

#4E8CC4 #C14EC4 #C4864E #51C44E

square

#4E8CC4 #C14EC4 #C4864E #51C44E

split-complementary

#4E8CC4 #C44E51 #C4C14E

monochromatic

#264E72 #356DA0 #4E8CC4 #7CAAD3 #AAC8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#4E8CC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#4E8CC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8CC4

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8CC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8CC4	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#748EC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6482C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0099A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8cc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 140, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.107 247.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89add6',
    500: '#4e8cc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8cc4;
$custom-light: #89add6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8cc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.475,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62266,
    "c": 0.10678,
    "h": 247.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8CC4

secondary

#D0B69E

accent

#904EDA

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8CC4

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

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