#4E8CC9#4E8CC9

#4E8CC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.113 H 249.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8CC9
RGB	rgb(78, 140, 201)
HSL	hsl(210, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(210, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 30.3%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.67, -1.41, -37.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.67, 37.57, 267.85°)
OKLab	oklab(62.52% -0.0391 -0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(62.52% 0.113 249.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.0587, 24.5908, 58.7783)
Luminance	0.2459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8CC9 #C98B4E

analogous

#4EC9C9 #4E8CC9 #4E4FC9

triadic

#4E8CC9 #C94E8C #8CC94E

tetradic

#4E8CC9 #C94EC9 #C98B4E #4FC94E

square

#4E8CC9 #C94EC9 #C98B4E #4FC94E

split-complementary

#4E8CC9 #C94E4F #C9C94E

monochromatic

#254F78 #336DA7 #4E8CC9 #7DAAD7 #ACC9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#4E8CC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#4E8CC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8CC9

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8CC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8CC9	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#728FCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6183C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8cc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 140, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.113 249.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aadd9',
    500: '#4e8cc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8cc9;
$custom-light: #8aadd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8cc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.756,
    "s": 53.247,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62521,
    "c": 0.1129,
    "h": 249.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8CC9

secondary

#D3B99F

accent

#934BDD

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0D1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8CC9

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

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