#4E8DC8#4E8DC8

#4E8DC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.111 H 248.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8DC8
RGB	rgb(78, 141, 200)
HSL	hsl(209, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(209, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 29.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.92, -2.32, -36.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.92, 36.68, 266.37°)
OKLab	oklab(62.7% -0.0405 -0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(62.7% 0.111 248.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.0883, 24.8374, 58.2097)
Luminance	0.2484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8DC8 #C8894E

analogous

#4EC8C6 #4E8DC8 #4E50C8

triadic

#4E8DC8 #C84E8D #8DC84E

tetradic

#4E8DC8 #C64EC8 #C8894E #50C84E

square

#4E8DC8 #C64EC8 #C8894E #50C84E

split-complementary

#4E8DC8 #C84E50 #C8C64E

monochromatic

#254F77 #336EA5 #4E8DC8 #7DABD7 #ABC9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#4E8DC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#4E8DC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8DC8

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8DC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8DC8	1.00	3.52	5.97	5.97
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#748FCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6383C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8dc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 141, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.111 248.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aaed9',
    500: '#4e8dc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8dc8;
$custom-light: #8aaed9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8dc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.016,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62696,
    "c": 0.11083,
    "h": 248.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8DC8

secondary

#D3B89F

accent

#924CDC

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0D1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8DC8

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

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