#4E8CD6#4E8CD6

#4E8CD6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.129 H 254.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8CD6
RGB	rgb(78, 140, 214)
HSL	hsl(213, 62%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(213, 64%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 34.6%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.30, 2.93, -43.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.30, 43.98, 273.82°)
OKLab	oklab(63.21% -0.0355 -0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(63.21% 0.129 254.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.6532, 25.2285, 67.1757)
Luminance	0.2523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8CD6 #D6984E

analogous

#4ED0D6 #4E8CD6 #544ED6

triadic

#4E8CD6 #D64E8C #8CD64E

tetradic

#4E8CD6 #D64ED0 #D6984E #4ED654

square

#4E8CD6 #D64ED0 #D6984E #4ED654

split-complementary

#4E8CD6 #D6544E #D0D64E

monochromatic

#20508A #2B6DBB #4E8CD6 #80ACE2 #B1CDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#4E8CD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#4E8CD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8CD6

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8CD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8CD6	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C91D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5984D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8cd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 140, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.129 254.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cade3',
    500: '#4e8cd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8cd6;
$custom-light: #8cade3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8cd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.647,
    "s": 62.385,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63214,
    "c": 0.12935,
    "h": 254.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8CD6

secondary

#DBC2A4

accent

#9B42E5

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8CD6

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

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