#4E8CDC#4E8CDC

#4E8CDC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.137 H 255.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8CDC
RGB	rgb(78, 140, 220)
HSL	hsl(214, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(214, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 36.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.60, 4.97, -46.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.60, 47.03, 276.06°)
OKLab	oklab(63.55% -0.034 -0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(63.55% 0.137 255.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.4336, 25.5407, 71.2858)
Luminance	0.2554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8CDC #DC9E4E

analogous

#4ED3DC #4E8CDC #574EDC

triadic

#4E8CDC #DC4E8C #8CDC4E

tetradic

#4E8CDC #DC4ED3 #DC9E4E #4EDC57

square

#4E8CDC #DC4ED3 #DC9E4E #4EDC57

split-complementary

#4E8CDC #DC574E #D3DC4E

monochromatic

#1D5093 #276CC6 #4E8CDC #81ADE6 #B4CEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#4E8CDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#4E8CDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8CDC

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8CDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8CDC	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6992DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5584DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8cdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 140, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.137 255.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dade7',
    500: '#4e8cdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8cdc;
$custom-light: #8dade7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8cdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.803,
    "s": 66.981,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63547,
    "c": 0.13709,
    "h": 255.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8CDC

secondary

#DFC6A7

accent

#9F3EEA

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FC

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8CDC

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

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