#4E8CC8#4E8CC8

#4E8CC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.112 H 249.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8CC8
RGB	rgb(78, 140, 200)
HSL	hsl(210, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(210, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 30%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.63, -1.74, -37.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.63, 37.10, 267.31°)
OKLab	oklab(62.47% -0.0394 -0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(62.47% 0.112 249.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.9415, 24.5439, 58.1608)
Luminance	0.2455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8CC8 #C88A4E

analogous

#4EC8C7 #4E8CC8 #4E4FC8

triadic

#4E8CC8 #C84E8C #8CC84E

tetradic

#4E8CC8 #C74EC8 #C88A4E #4FC84E

square

#4E8CC8 #C74EC8 #C88A4E #4FC84E

split-complementary

#4E8CC8 #C84E4F #C8C74E

monochromatic

#254E77 #336DA5 #4E8CC8 #7DAAD7 #ABC9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#4E8CC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#4E8CC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8CC8

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8CC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8CC8	1.00	3.55	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#728ECB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6282C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8cc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 140, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.112 249.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aadd9',
    500: '#4e8cc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8cc8;
$custom-light: #8aadd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8cc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.508,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6247,
    "c": 0.11167,
    "h": 249.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8CC8

secondary

#D3B89F

accent

#934CDC

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0D1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8CC8

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

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