#4E8CE1#4E8CE1

#4E8CE1 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.144 H 256.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8CE1
RGB	rgb(78, 140, 225)
HSL	hsl(215, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(215, 65%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 37.8%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.86, 6.67, -49.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.86, 49.61, 277.73°)
OKLab	oklab(63.83% -0.0328 -0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(63.83% 0.144 256.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.1057, 25.8095, 74.8255)
Luminance	0.2581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8CE1 #E1A34E

analogous

#4ED5E1 #4E8CE1 #5A4EE1

triadic

#4E8CE1 #E14E8C #8CE14E

tetradic

#4E8CE1 #E14ED5 #E1A34E #4EE15A

square

#4E8CE1 #E14ED5 #E1A34E #4EE15A

split-complementary

#4E8CE1 #E15A4E #D5E14E

monochromatic

#1A509A #236BCF #4E8CE1 #82AEEA #B7D0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#4E8CE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#4E8CE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8CE1

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8CE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8CE1	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6693E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5185DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8ce1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 140, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.144 256.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eadeb',
    500: '#4e8ce1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8ce1;
$custom-light: #8eadeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8ce1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.694,
    "s": 71.014,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63832,
    "c": 0.14357,
    "h": 256.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8CE1

secondary

#E2CAA9

accent

#A23AEE

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8CE1

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

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