#4E8CD8#4E8CD8

#4E8CD8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.132 H 254.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8CD8
RGB	rgb(78, 140, 216)
HSL	hsl(213, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(213, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 35.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.40, 3.61, -44.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.40, 45.00, 274.60°)
OKLab	oklab(63.32% -0.035 -0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(63.32% 0.132 254.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.9101, 25.3313, 68.5291)
Luminance	0.2533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8CD8 #D89A4E

analogous

#4ED1D8 #4E8CD8 #554ED8

triadic

#4E8CD8 #D84E8C #8CD84E

tetradic

#4E8CD8 #D84ED1 #D89A4E #4ED855

square

#4E8CD8 #D84ED1 #D89A4E #4ED855

split-complementary

#4E8CD8 #D8554E #D1D84E

monochromatic

#1F508D #2A6DBF #4E8CD8 #80ADE3 #B2CDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#4E8CD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#4E8CD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8CD8

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8CD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8CD8	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B91DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5884D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8cd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 140, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.132 254.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cade4',
    500: '#4e8cd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8cd8;
$custom-light: #8cade4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8cd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.043,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63324,
    "c": 0.13191,
    "h": 254.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8CD8

secondary

#DDC4A5

accent

#9C41E7

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8CD8

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

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