#4E8DC7#4E8DC7

#4E8DC7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.110 H 248.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8DC7
RGB	rgb(78, 141, 199)
HSL	hsl(209, 52%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(209, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 29.1%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.87, -2.65, -36.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.87, 36.21, 265.80°)
OKLab	oklab(62.65% -0.0408 -0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(62.65% 0.11 248.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.9718, 24.7908, 57.5963)
Luminance	0.2479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8DC7 #C7884E

analogous

#4EC7C4 #4E8DC7 #4E51C7

triadic

#4E8DC7 #C74E8D #8DC74E

tetradic

#4E8DC7 #C44EC7 #C7884E #51C74E

square

#4E8DC7 #C44EC7 #C7884E #51C74E

split-complementary

#4E8DC7 #C74E51 #C7C44E

monochromatic

#254F75 #346EA4 #4E8DC7 #7CABD6 #ABC9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#4E8DC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#4E8DC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8DC7

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8DC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8DC7	1.00	3.52	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#748FCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6483C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8dc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 141, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.110 248.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aaed8',
    500: '#4e8dc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8dc7;
$custom-light: #8aaed8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8dc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.76,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62646,
    "c": 0.10961,
    "h": 248.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8DC7

secondary

#D2B79F

accent

#914CDB

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0D1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8DC7

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

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