#4E8CDB#4E8CDB

#4E8CDB is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.136 H 255.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8CDB
RGB	rgb(78, 140, 219)
HSL	hsl(214, 66%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(214, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 36.1%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.55, 4.63, -46.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.55, 46.52, 275.71°)
OKLab	oklab(63.49% -0.0343 -0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(63.49% 0.136 255.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.3015, 25.4879, 70.5904)
Luminance	0.2549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8CDB #DB9D4E

analogous

#4ED2DB #4E8CDB #564EDB

triadic

#4E8CDB #DB4E8C #8CDB4E

tetradic

#4E8CDB #DB4ED2 #DB9D4E #4EDB56

square

#4E8CDB #DB4ED2 #DB9D4E #4EDB56

split-complementary

#4E8CDB #DB564E #D2DB4E

monochromatic

#1E5091 #286CC4 #4E8CDB #81ADE5 #B4CEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#4E8CDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#4E8CDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8CDB

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8CDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8CDB	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6991DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5684D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8cdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 140, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.136 255.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dade6',
    500: '#4e8cdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8cdb;
$custom-light: #8dade6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8cdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.617,
    "s": 66.197,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63491,
    "c": 0.13579,
    "h": 255.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8CDB

secondary

#DEC6A6

accent

#9E3FE9

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8CDB

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

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