#4E8CCC#4E8CCC

#4E8CCC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.117 H 250.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8CCC
RGB	rgb(78, 140, 204)
HSL	hsl(210, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(210, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 31.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.81, -0.42, -39.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.81, 39.02, 269.39°)
OKLab	oklab(62.68% -0.0382 -0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(62.68% 0.117 250.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.4151, 24.7333, 60.6551)
Luminance	0.2474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8CCC #CC8E4E

analogous

#4ECBCC #4E8CCC #4F4ECC

triadic

#4E8CCC #CC4E8C #8CCC4E

tetradic

#4E8CCC #CC4ECB #CC8E4E #4ECC4F

square

#4E8CCC #CC4ECB #CC8E4E #4ECC4F

split-complementary

#4E8CCC #CC4F4E #CBCC4E

monochromatic

#244F7C #316DAB #4E8CCC #7EABDA #ADCAE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#4E8CCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#4E8CCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8CCC

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8CCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8CCC	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#718FCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6083CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8ccc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 140, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.117 250.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aaddc',
    500: '#4e8ccc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8ccc;
$custom-light: #8aaddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8ccc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.476,
    "s": 55.263,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62677,
    "c": 0.11664,
    "h": 250.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8CCC

secondary

#D5BBA1

accent

#9549DF

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8CCC

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

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