#4E8DC2#4E8DC2

#4E8DC2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.104 H 245.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8DC2
RGB	rgb(78, 141, 194)
HSL	hsl(207, 49%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(207, 60%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 27.3%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.65, -4.28, -33.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.65, 33.90, 262.74°)
OKLab	oklab(62.4% -0.0423 -0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(62.4% 0.104 245.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.4008, 24.5624, 54.5890)
Luminance	0.2456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8DC2 #C2834E

analogous

#4EC2BD #4E8DC2 #4E53C2

triadic

#4E8DC2 #C24E8D #8DC24E

tetradic

#4E8DC2 #BD4EC2 #C2834E #53C24E

square

#4E8DC2 #BD4EC2 #C2834E #53C24E

split-complementary

#4E8DC2 #C24E53 #C2BD4E

monochromatic

#264E6F #366E9D #4E8DC2 #7CAAD2 #A9C8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#4E8DC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#4E8DC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8DC2

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8DC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8DC2	1.00	3.55	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#768EC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6683C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8dc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 141, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.104 245.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89aed4',
    500: '#4e8dc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8dc2;
$custom-light: #89aed4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8dc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.414,
    "s": 48.739,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62395,
    "c": 0.1036,
    "h": 245.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8DC2

secondary

#CFB49D

accent

#8E50D8

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8DC2

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

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