#4E8CD1#4E8CD1

#4E8CD1 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.123 H 252.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8CD1
RGB	rgb(78, 140, 209)
HSL	hsl(212, 59%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(212, 63%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 33%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.05, 1.25, -41.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.05, 41.48, 271.73°)
OKLab	oklab(62.94% -0.0369 -0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(62.94% 0.123 252.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.0244, 24.9770, 63.8642)
Luminance	0.2498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8CD1 #D1934E

analogous

#4ECED1 #4E8CD1 #524ED1

triadic

#4E8CD1 #D14E8C #8CD14E

tetradic

#4E8CD1 #D14ECE #D1934E #4ED152

square

#4E8CD1 #D14ECE #D1934E #4ED152

split-complementary

#4E8CD1 #D1524E #CED14E

monochromatic

#225083 #2F6DB3 #4E8CD1 #7FACDE #AFCBEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#4E8CD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#4E8CD1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8CD1

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8CD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8CD1	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E90D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D83D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8cd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 140, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.123 252.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8baddf',
    500: '#4e8cd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8cd1;
$custom-light: #8baddf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8cd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.603,
    "s": 58.744,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62942,
    "c": 0.12296,
    "h": 252.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8CD1

secondary

#D8BFA2

accent

#9846E2

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8CD1

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

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