#4E8CD4#4E8CD4

#4E8CD4 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.127 H 253.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8CD4
RGB	rgb(78, 140, 212)
HSL	hsl(212, 61%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(212, 63%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 34%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.20, 2.26, -42.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.20, 42.98, 273.01°)
OKLab	oklab(63.1% -0.036 -0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(63.1% 0.127 253.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.3993, 25.1270, 65.8387)
Luminance	0.2513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8CD4 #D4964E

analogous

#4ECFD4 #4E8CD4 #534ED4

triadic

#4E8CD4 #D44E8C #8CD44E

tetradic

#4E8CD4 #D44ECF #D4964E #4ED453

square

#4E8CD4 #D44ECF #D4964E #4ED453

split-complementary

#4E8CD4 #D4534E #CFD44E

monochromatic

#215087 #2D6DB8 #4E8CD4 #7FACE0 #B0CCEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#4E8CD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#4E8CD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8CD4

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8CD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8CD4	1.00	3.49	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D90D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B84D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8cd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 140, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.127 253.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cade1',
    500: '#4e8cd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8cd4;
$custom-light: #8cade1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8cd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.239,
    "s": 60.909,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63104,
    "c": 0.12677,
    "h": 253.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8CD4

secondary

#DAC1A4

accent

#9A44E4

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8CD4

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

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