#4E8CC5#4E8CC5

#4E8CC5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.108 H 248.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8CC5
RGB	rgb(78, 140, 197)
HSL	hsl(209, 51%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(209, 60%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 28.9%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.49, -2.73, -35.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.49, 35.68, 265.62°)
OKLab	oklab(62.32% -0.0403 -0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(62.32% 0.108 248.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.5943, 24.4050, 56.3324)
Luminance	0.2441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8CC5 #C5874E

analogous

#4EC5C2 #4E8CC5 #4E51C5

triadic

#4E8CC5 #C54E8C #8CC54E

tetradic

#4E8CC5 #C24EC5 #C5874E #51C54E

square

#4E8CC5 #C24EC5 #C5874E #51C54E

split-complementary

#4E8CC5 #C54E51 #C5C24E

monochromatic

#264E73 #356DA1 #4E8CC5 #7CAAD4 #AAC8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#4E8CC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#4E8CC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8CC5

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8CC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8CC5	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#748EC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6482C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0099A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8cc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 140, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.108 248.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89add7',
    500: '#4e8cc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8cc5;
$custom-light: #89add7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8cc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.739,
    "s": 50.638,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62317,
    "c": 0.10799,
    "h": 248.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8CC5

secondary

#D1B69E

accent

#914EDA

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8CC5

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

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