#4E8DC6#4E8DC6

#4E8DC6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.108 H 247.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8DC6
RGB	rgb(78, 141, 198)
HSL	hsl(209, 51%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(209, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 28.8%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.83, -2.98, -35.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.83, 35.74, 265.22°)
OKLab	oklab(62.6% -0.0411 -0.1003)
OKLCH	oklch(62.6% 0.108 247.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.8561, 24.7445, 56.9868)
Luminance	0.2475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8DC6 #C6874E

analogous

#4EC6C3 #4E8DC6 #4E51C6

triadic

#4E8DC6 #C64E8D #8DC64E

tetradic

#4E8DC6 #C34EC6 #C6874E #51C64E

square

#4E8DC6 #C34EC6 #C6874E #51C64E

split-complementary

#4E8DC6 #C64E51 #C6C34E

monochromatic

#254F74 #346EA2 #4E8DC6 #7CABD5 #ABC9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#4E8DC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#4E8DC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8DC6

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8DC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8DC6	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#758FC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6483C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8dc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 141, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.108 247.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aaed7',
    500: '#4e8dc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8dc6;
$custom-light: #8aaed7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8dc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.5,
    "s": 51.282,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62595,
    "c": 0.10839,
    "h": 247.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8DC6

secondary

#D1B79E

accent

#904DDB

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0D1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8DC6

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

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