#4E8CE2#4E8CE2

#4E8CE2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.145 H 257.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8CE2
RGB	rgb(78, 140, 226)
HSL	hsl(215, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(215, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 38.1%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.91, 7.01, -49.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.91, 50.12, 278.04°)
OKLab	oklab(63.89% -0.0326 -0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(63.89% 0.145 257)
XYZ	xyz(26.2425, 25.8643, 75.5461)
Luminance	0.2587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8CE2 #E2A44E

analogous

#4ED6E2 #4E8CE2 #5A4EE2

triadic

#4E8CE2 #E24E8C #8CE24E

tetradic

#4E8CE2 #E24ED6 #E2A44E #4EE25A

square

#4E8CE2 #E24ED6 #E2A44E #4EE25A

split-complementary

#4E8CE2 #E25A4E #D6E24E

monochromatic

#1A509C #226BD1 #4E8CE2 #83AEEB #B7D0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#4E8CE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#4E8CE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8CE2

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8CE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8CE2	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6693E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5085E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8ce2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 140, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.145 257.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eadeb',
    500: '#4e8ce2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8ce2;
$custom-light: #8eadeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8ce2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.865,
    "s": 71.845,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63889,
    "c": 0.14488,
    "h": 257
  },
  "luminance": 0.25867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8CE2

secondary

#E3CBA9

accent

#A339EF

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8CE2

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

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