#4E8DC0#4E8DC0

#4E8DC0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.101 H 244.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8DC0
RGB	rgb(78, 141, 192)
HSL	hsl(207, 48%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(207, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 26.6%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.56, -4.93, -32.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.56, 33.01, 261.40°)
OKLab	oklab(62.3% -0.043 -0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(62.3% 0.101 244.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.1777, 24.4732, 53.4140)
Luminance	0.2447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8DC0 #C0814E

analogous

#4EC0BA #4E8DC0 #4E54C0

triadic

#4E8DC0 #C04E8D #8DC04E

tetradic

#4E8DC0 #BA4EC0 #C0814E #54C04E

square

#4E8DC0 #BA4EC0 #C0814E #54C04E

split-complementary

#4E8DC0 #C04E54 #C0BA4E

monochromatic

#274D6D #376E9A #4E8DC0 #7BAAD0 #A8C7E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#4E8DC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#4E8DC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8DC0

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8DC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8DC0	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#778EC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6883BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8dc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 141, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.101 244.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89aed3',
    500: '#4e8dc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8dc0;
$custom-light: #89aed3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8dc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.842,
    "s": 47.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62296,
    "c": 0.10125,
    "h": 244.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8DC0

secondary

#CEB29C

accent

#8D51D7

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8DC0

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

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