#4E8CDA#4E8CDA

#4E8CDA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.134 H 255.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8CDA
RGB	rgb(78, 140, 218)
HSL	hsl(213, 65%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(213, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 35.8%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.50, 4.29, -45.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.50, 46.01, 275.35°)
OKLab	oklab(63.43% -0.0345 -0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(63.43% 0.134 255.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.1703, 25.4354, 69.8991)
Luminance	0.2544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8CDA #DA9C4E

analogous

#4ED2DA #4E8CDA #564EDA

triadic

#4E8CDA #DA4E8C #8CDA4E

tetradic

#4E8CDA #DA4ED2 #DA9C4E #4EDA56

square

#4E8CDA #DA4ED2 #DA9C4E #4EDA56

split-complementary

#4E8CDA #DA564E #D2DA4E

monochromatic

#1E5090 #296DC2 #4E8CDA #81ADE5 #B3CEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#4E8CDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#4E8CDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8CDA

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8CDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8CDA	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A91DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5684D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8cda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 140, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.134 255.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cade6',
    500: '#4e8cda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8cda;
$custom-light: #8cade6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8cda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.429,
    "s": 65.421,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63435,
    "c": 0.13449,
    "h": 255.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8CDA

secondary

#DEC5A6

accent

#9E3FE8

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8CDA

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

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