#4E8CCB#4E8CCB

#4E8CCB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.115 H 250.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8CCB
RGB	rgb(78, 140, 203)
HSL	hsl(210, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(210, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 31%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.77, -0.75, -38.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.77, 38.54, 268.89°)
OKLab	oklab(62.63% -0.0385 -0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(62.63% 0.115 250.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.2955, 24.6855, 60.0254)
Luminance	0.2469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8CCB #CB8D4E

analogous

#4ECACB #4E8CCB #4F4ECB

triadic

#4E8CCB #CB4E8C #8CCB4E

tetradic

#4E8CCB #CB4ECA #CB8D4E #4ECB4F

square

#4E8CCB #CB4ECA #CB8D4E #4ECB4F

split-complementary

#4E8CCB #CB4F4E #CACB4E

monochromatic

#244F7B #326DAA #4E8CCB #7DABD9 #ADC9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#4E8CCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#4E8CCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8CCB

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8CCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8CCB	1.00	3.54	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#718FCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6083CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8ccb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 140, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.115 250.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aaddb',
    500: '#4e8ccb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8ccb;
$custom-light: #8aaddb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8ccb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.24,
    "s": 54.585,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62625,
    "c": 0.1154,
    "h": 250.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8CCB

secondary

#D5BBA0

accent

#944ADE

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8CCB

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

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