#4E8CD9#4E8CD9

#4E8CD9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.133 H 254.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8CD9
RGB	rgb(78, 140, 217)
HSL	hsl(213, 65%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(213, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 35.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.45, 3.95, -45.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.45, 45.50, 274.98°)
OKLab	oklab(63.38% -0.0348 -0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(63.38% 0.133 254.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.0398, 25.3832, 69.2120)
Luminance	0.2539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8CD9 #D99B4E

analogous

#4ED2D9 #4E8CD9 #554ED9

triadic

#4E8CD9 #D94E8C #8CD94E

tetradic

#4E8CD9 #D94ED2 #D99B4E #4ED955

square

#4E8CD9 #D94ED2 #D99B4E #4ED955

split-complementary

#4E8CD9 #D9554E #D2D94E

monochromatic

#1F508E #296DC0 #4E8CD9 #80ADE4 #B3CDEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#4E8CD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#4E8CD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8CD9

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8CD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8CD9	1.00	3.46	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A91DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5784D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8cd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 140, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.133 254.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cade5',
    500: '#4e8cd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8cd9;
$custom-light: #8cade5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8cd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.237,
    "s": 64.651,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63379,
    "c": 0.13321,
    "h": 254.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8CD9

secondary

#DDC4A6

accent

#9D40E8

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8CD9

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

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