#4E8CDE#4E8CDE

#4E8CDE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.140 H 256.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8CDE
RGB	rgb(78, 140, 222)
HSL	hsl(214, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(214, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 36.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.70, 5.65, -47.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.70, 48.06, 276.75°)
OKLab	oklab(63.66% -0.0335 -0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(63.66% 0.14 256.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.7000, 25.6473, 72.6891)
Luminance	0.2565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8CDE #DEA04E

analogous

#4ED4DE #4E8CDE #584EDE

triadic

#4E8CDE #DE4E8C #8CDE4E

tetradic

#4E8CDE #DE4ED4 #DEA04E #4EDE58

square

#4E8CDE #DE4ED4 #DEA04E #4EDE58

split-complementary

#4E8CDE #DE584E #D4DE4E

monochromatic

#1C5096 #266CC9 #4E8CDE #82AEE8 #B5CFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#4E8CDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#4E8CDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8CDE

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8CDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8CDE	1.00	3.43	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6892E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5384DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8cde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 140, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.140 256.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dade8',
    500: '#4e8cde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8cde;
$custom-light: #8dade8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8cde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.167,
    "s": 68.571,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6366,
    "c": 0.13967,
    "h": 256.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8CDE

secondary

#E0C8A8

accent

#A03CEB

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8CDE

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

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