#4E8DCB#4E8DCB

#4E8DCB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.115 H 249.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8DCB
RGB	rgb(78, 141, 203)
HSL	hsl(210, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(210, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 30.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.05, -1.33, -38.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.05, 38.10, 268.00°)
OKLab	oklab(62.85% -0.0396 -0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(62.85% 0.115 249.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.4423, 24.9790, 60.0744)
Luminance	0.2498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8DCB #CB8C4E

analogous

#4ECBCA #4E8DCB #4E4FCB

triadic

#4E8DCB #CB4E8D #8DCB4E

tetradic

#4E8DCB #CA4ECB #CB8C4E #4FCB4E

square

#4E8DCB #CA4ECB #CB8C4E #4FCB4E

split-complementary

#4E8DCB #CB4E4F #CBCA4E

monochromatic

#24507B #326EAA #4E8DCB #7DABD9 #ADCAE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#4E8DCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#4E8DCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8DCB

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8DCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8DCB	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7290CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6283CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8dcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 141, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.115 249.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aaedb',
    500: '#4e8dcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8dcb;
$custom-light: #8aaedb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8dcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.76,
    "s": 54.585,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62851,
    "c": 0.11452,
    "h": 249.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8DCB

secondary

#D5BAA0

accent

#934ADE

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8DCB

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

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