#4E8CCD#4E8CCD

#4E8CCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.118 H 251.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8CCD
RGB	rgb(78, 140, 205)
HSL	hsl(211, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(211, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 31.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.86, -0.08, -39.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.86, 39.51, 269.88°)
OKLab	oklab(62.73% -0.038 -0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(62.73% 0.118 251.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.5354, 24.7814, 61.2888)
Luminance	0.2478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8CCD #CD8F4E

analogous

#4ECBCD #4E8CCD #504ECD

triadic

#4E8CCD #CD4E8C #8CCD4E

tetradic

#4E8CCD #CD4ECB #CD8F4E #4ECD50

square

#4E8CCD #CD4ECB #CD8F4E #4ECD50

split-complementary

#4E8CCD #CD504E #CBCD4E

monochromatic

#234F7D #316DAD #4E8CCD #7EABDA #ADCAE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#4E8CCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#4E8CCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8CCD

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8CCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8CCD	1.00	3.53	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#708FD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F83CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8ccd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 140, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.118 251.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8baddc',
    500: '#4e8ccd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8ccd;
$custom-light: #8baddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8ccd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.709,
    "s": 55.947,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6273,
    "c": 0.1179,
    "h": 251.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8CCD

secondary

#D6BCA1

accent

#9649DF

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8CCD

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

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