#4E8CD0#4E8CD0

#4E8CD0 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.122 H 252.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8CD0
RGB	rgb(78, 140, 208)
HSL	hsl(211, 58%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(211, 63%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 32.7%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.00, 0.92, -40.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.00, 40.99, 271.28°)
OKLab	oklab(62.89% -0.0371 -0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(62.89% 0.122 252.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.9010, 24.9277, 63.2142)
Luminance	0.2493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8CD0 #D0924E

analogous

#4ECDD0 #4E8CD0 #514ED0

triadic

#4E8CD0 #D04E8C #8CD04E

tetradic

#4E8CD0 #D04ECD #D0924E #4ED051

square

#4E8CD0 #D04ECD #D0924E #4ED051

split-complementary

#4E8CD0 #D0514E #CDD04E

monochromatic

#225081 #2F6DB2 #4E8CD0 #7EABDD #AFCBEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#4E8CD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99

#4E8CD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8CD0

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8CD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8CD0	1.00	3.51	5.99	5.99
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F90D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D83CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8cd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 140, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.122 252.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8badde',
    500: '#4e8cd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8cd0;
$custom-light: #8badde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8cd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.385,
    "s": 58.036,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62889,
    "c": 0.12168,
    "h": 252.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8CD0

secondary

#D8BEA2

accent

#9747E1

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8CD0

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

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