#4E8CD7#4E8CD7

#4E8CD7 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.131 H 254.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8CD7
RGB	rgb(78, 140, 215)
HSL	hsl(213, 63%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(213, 64%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 34.9%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.35, 3.27, -44.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.35, 44.49, 274.22°)
OKLab	oklab(63.27% -0.0353 -0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(63.27% 0.131 254.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.7813, 25.2798, 67.8503)
Luminance	0.2528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8CD7 #D7994E

analogous

#4ED0D7 #4E8CD7 #554ED7

triadic

#4E8CD7 #D74E8C #8CD74E

tetradic

#4E8CD7 #D74ED0 #D7994E #4ED755

square

#4E8CD7 #D74ED0 #D7994E #4ED755

split-complementary

#4E8CD7 #D7554E #D0D74E

monochromatic

#1F508B #2B6DBD #4E8CD7 #80ACE2 #B2CDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#4E8CD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#4E8CD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8CD7

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8CD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8CD7	1.00	3.47	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B91DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5984D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8cd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 140, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.131 254.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cade3',
    500: '#4e8cd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8cd7;
$custom-light: #8cade3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8cd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.847,
    "s": 63.134,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63269,
    "c": 0.13063,
    "h": 254.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8CD7

secondary

#DCC3A5

accent

#9C42E6

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8CD7

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

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