#4E8DC3#4E8DC3

#4E8DC3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.105 H 246.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8DC3
RGB	rgb(78, 141, 195)
HSL	hsl(208, 49%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(208, 60%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 27.7%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.69, -3.96, -34.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.69, 34.36, 263.38°)
OKLab	oklab(62.44% -0.042 -0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(62.44% 0.105 246.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.5135, 24.6075, 55.1825)
Luminance	0.2461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8DC3 #C3844E

analogous

#4EC3BE #4E8DC3 #4E52C3

triadic

#4E8DC3 #C34E8D #8DC34E

tetradic

#4E8DC3 #BE4EC3 #C3844E #52C34E

square

#4E8DC3 #BE4EC3 #C3844E #52C34E

split-complementary

#4E8DC3 #C34E52 #C3BE4E

monochromatic

#264E70 #366E9E #4E8DC3 #7CAAD2 #A9C8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#4E8DC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#4E8DC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8DC3

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8DC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8DC3	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#768EC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6683C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8dc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 141, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.105 246.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89aed5',
    500: '#4e8dc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8dc3;
$custom-light: #89aed5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8dc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.692,
    "s": 49.367,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62444,
    "c": 0.10479,
    "h": 246.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8DC3

secondary

#CFB49D

accent

#8F4FD9

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8DC3

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

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