#4E8CDD#4E8CDD

#4E8CDD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.138 H 255.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8CDD
RGB	rgb(78, 140, 221)
HSL	hsl(214, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(214, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 36.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.65, 5.31, -47.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.65, 47.55, 276.41°)
OKLab	oklab(63.6% -0.0338 -0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(63.6% 0.138 255.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.5664, 25.5938, 71.9853)
Luminance	0.2560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8CDD #DD9F4E

analogous

#4ED4DD #4E8CDD #574EDD

triadic

#4E8CDD #DD4E8C #8CDD4E

tetradic

#4E8CDD #DD4ED4 #DD9F4E #4EDD57

square

#4E8CDD #DD4ED4 #DD9F4E #4EDD57

split-complementary

#4E8CDD #DD574E #D4DD4E

monochromatic

#1C5094 #266CC7 #4E8CDD #81ADE7 #B5CFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#4E8CDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#4E8CDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8CDD

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8CDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8CDD	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6892E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5484DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8cdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 140, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.138 255.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dade8',
    500: '#4e8cdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8cdd;
$custom-light: #8dade8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8cdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.986,
    "s": 67.773,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63604,
    "c": 0.13838,
    "h": 255.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8CDD

secondary

#E0C7A7

accent

#9F3DEB

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FC

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8CDD

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

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