#4E8DC5#4E8DC5

#4E8DC5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.107 H 247.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8DC5
RGB	rgb(78, 141, 197)
HSL	hsl(208, 51%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(208, 60%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 28.4%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.78, -3.31, -35.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.78, 35.28, 264.62°)
OKLab	oklab(62.54% -0.0414 -0.0989)
OKLCH	oklch(62.54% 0.107 247.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.7411, 24.6986, 56.3814)
Luminance	0.2470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8DC5 #C5864E

analogous

#4EC5C1 #4E8DC5 #4E52C5

triadic

#4E8DC5 #C54E8D #8DC54E

tetradic

#4E8DC5 #C14EC5 #C5864E #52C54E

square

#4E8DC5 #C14EC5 #C5864E #52C54E

split-complementary

#4E8DC5 #C54E52 #C5C14E

monochromatic

#264F73 #356EA1 #4E8DC5 #7CABD4 #AAC8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#4E8DC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#4E8DC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8DC5

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8DC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8DC5	1.00	3.54	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#758FC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6583C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8dc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 141, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.107 247.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89aed7',
    500: '#4e8dc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8dc5;
$custom-light: #89aed7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8dc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.235,
    "s": 50.638,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62545,
    "c": 0.10718,
    "h": 247.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8DC5

secondary

#D1B69E

accent

#904EDA

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8DC5

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

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