#4E8CD3#4E8CD3

#4E8CD3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.126 H 253.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8CD3
RGB	rgb(78, 140, 211)
HSL	hsl(212, 60%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(212, 63%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 33.6%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.15, 1.92, -42.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.15, 42.48, 272.60°)
OKLab	oklab(63.05% -0.0363 -0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(63.05% 0.126 253.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.2736, 25.0767, 65.1765)
Luminance	0.2508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8CD3 #D3954E

analogous

#4ECFD3 #4E8CD3 #534ED3

triadic

#4E8CD3 #D34E8C #8CD34E

tetradic

#4E8CD3 #D34ECF #D3954E #4ED353

square

#4E8CD3 #D34ECF #D3954E #4ED353

split-complementary

#4E8CD3 #D3534E #CFD34E

monochromatic

#215085 #2D6DB6 #4E8CD3 #7FACDF #B0CCEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#4E8CD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#4E8CD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8CD3

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8CD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8CD3	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D90D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B83D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8cd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 140, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.126 253.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bade1',
    500: '#4e8cd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8cd3;
$custom-light: #8bade1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8cd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.03,
    "s": 60.181,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6305,
    "c": 0.1255,
    "h": 253.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8CD3

secondary

#DAC0A3

accent

#9944E3

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8CD3

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

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