#4E8CD5#4E8CD5

#4E8CD5 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.128 H 253.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8CD5
RGB	rgb(78, 140, 213)
HSL	hsl(212, 62%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(212, 63%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 34.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.25, 2.60, -43.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.25, 43.48, 273.42°)
OKLab	oklab(63.16% -0.0358 -0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(63.16% 0.128 253.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.5259, 25.1776, 66.5051)
Luminance	0.2518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8CD5 #D5974E

analogous

#4ED0D5 #4E8CD5 #534ED5

triadic

#4E8CD5 #D54E8C #8CD54E

tetradic

#4E8CD5 #D54ED0 #D5974E #4ED553

square

#4E8CD5 #D54ED0 #D5974E #4ED553

split-complementary

#4E8CD5 #D5534E #D0D54E

monochromatic

#205088 #2C6DBA #4E8CD5 #7FACE1 #B1CCEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#4E8CD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#4E8CD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8CD5

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8CD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8CD5	1.00	3.48	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C90D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A84D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8cd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 140, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.128 253.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cade2',
    500: '#4e8cd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8cd5;
$custom-light: #8cade2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8cd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.444,
    "s": 61.644,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63159,
    "c": 0.12806,
    "h": 253.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8CD5

secondary

#DBC2A4

accent

#9A43E5

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8CD5

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

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