#4E8CE0#4E8CE0

#4E8CE0 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.142 H 256.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8CE0
RGB	rgb(78, 140, 224)
HSL	hsl(215, 70%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(215, 65%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 37.5%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.80, 6.33, -48.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.80, 49.09, 277.41°)
OKLab	oklab(63.77% -0.0331 -0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(63.77% 0.142 256.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.9697, 25.7551, 74.1092)
Luminance	0.2576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8CE0 #E0A24E

analogous

#4ED5E0 #4E8CE0 #594EE0

triadic

#4E8CE0 #E04E8C #8CE04E

tetradic

#4E8CE0 #E04ED5 #E0A24E #4EE059

square

#4E8CE0 #E04ED5 #E0A24E #4EE059

split-complementary

#4E8CE0 #E0594E #D5E04E

monochromatic

#1B5099 #246CCD #4E8CE0 #82AEE9 #B6D0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#4E8CE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#4E8CE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8CE0

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8CE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8CE0	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6792E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5285DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8ce0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 140, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.142 256.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dadea',
    500: '#4e8ce0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8ce0;
$custom-light: #8dadea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8ce0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.521,
    "s": 70.192,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63774,
    "c": 0.14227,
    "h": 256.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8CE0

secondary

#E1C9A8

accent

#A13BED

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8CE0

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

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