#4E8CCE#4E8CCE

#4E8CCE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.119 H 251.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8CCE
RGB	rgb(78, 140, 206)
HSL	hsl(211, 57%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(211, 62%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 32%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.91, 0.25, -40.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.91, 40.00, 270.36°)
OKLab	oklab(62.78% -0.0377 -0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(62.78% 0.119 251.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.6565, 24.8299, 61.9265)
Luminance	0.2483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8CCE #CE904E

analogous

#4ECCCE #4E8CCE #504ECE

triadic

#4E8CCE #CE4E8C #8CCE4E

tetradic

#4E8CCE #CE4ECC #CE904E #4ECE50

square

#4E8CCE #CE4ECC #CE904E #4ECE50

split-complementary

#4E8CCE #CE504E #CCCE4E

monochromatic

#234F7F #306DAE #4E8CCE #7EABDB #AECAE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#4E8CCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#4E8CCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8CCE

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8CCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8CCE	1.00	3.52	5.97	5.97
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#708FD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E83CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8cce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 140, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.119 251.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8baddd',
    500: '#4e8cce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8cce;
$custom-light: #8baddd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8cce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.938,
    "s": 56.637,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62783,
    "c": 0.11916,
    "h": 251.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8CCE

secondary

#D7BDA1

accent

#9648E0

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8CCE

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

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