#4E8DC9#4E8DC9

#4E8DC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.112 H 249.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8DC9
RGB	rgb(78, 141, 201)
HSL	hsl(209, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(209, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 29.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.96, -1.99, -37.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.96, 37.15, 266.93°)
OKLab	oklab(62.75% -0.0402 -0.1046)
OKLCH	oklch(62.75% 0.112 249)
XYZ	xyz(23.2055, 24.8843, 58.8273)
Luminance	0.2489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8DC9 #C98A4E

analogous

#4EC9C7 #4E8DC9 #4E50C9

triadic

#4E8DC9 #C94E8D #8DC94E

tetradic

#4E8DC9 #C74EC9 #C98A4E #50C94E

square

#4E8DC9 #C74EC9 #C98A4E #50C94E

split-complementary

#4E8DC9 #C94E50 #C9C74E

monochromatic

#254F78 #336EA7 #4E8DC9 #7DABD7 #ACC9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#4E8DC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#4E8DC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8DC9

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8DC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8DC9	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#738FCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6383C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8dc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 141, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.112 249.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aaed9',
    500: '#4e8dc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8dc9;
$custom-light: #8aaed9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8dc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.268,
    "s": 53.247,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62748,
    "c": 0.11205,
    "h": 249
  },
  "luminance": 0.24887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8DC9

secondary

#D3B99F

accent

#924BDD

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0D1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8DC9

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

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