#4E8DC4#4E8DC4

#4E8DC4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.106 H 246.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8DC4
RGB	rgb(78, 141, 196)
HSL	hsl(208, 50%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(208, 60%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 28.1%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.74, -3.63, -34.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.74, 34.81, 264.01°)
OKLab	oklab(62.49% -0.0417 -0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(62.49% 0.106 246.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.6269, 24.6529, 55.7799)
Luminance	0.2465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8DC4 #C4854E

analogous

#4EC4C0 #4E8DC4 #4E52C4

triadic

#4E8DC4 #C44E8D #8DC44E

tetradic

#4E8DC4 #C04EC4 #C4854E #52C44E

square

#4E8DC4 #C04EC4 #C4854E #52C44E

split-complementary

#4E8DC4 #C44E52 #C4C04E

monochromatic

#264E72 #356EA0 #4E8DC4 #7CABD3 #AAC8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#4E8DC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#4E8DC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8DC4

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8DC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8DC4	1.00	3.54	5.93	5.93
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#758FC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6583C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8dc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 141, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.106 246.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89aed6',
    500: '#4e8dc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8dc4;
$custom-light: #89aed6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8dc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.966,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62494,
    "c": 0.10599,
    "h": 246.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8DC4

secondary

#D0B59E

accent

#8F4EDA

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8DC4

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

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