#4E8DCD#4E8DCD

#4E8DCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.117 H 250.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8DCD
RGB	rgb(78, 141, 205)
HSL	hsl(210, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(210, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 31.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.15, -0.67, -39.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.15, 39.07, 269.02°)
OKLab	oklab(62.96% -0.039 -0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(62.96% 0.117 250.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.6822, 25.0750, 61.3377)
Luminance	0.2508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8DCD #CD8E4E

analogous

#4ECDCD #4E8DCD #4E4ECD

triadic

#4E8DCD #CD4E8D #8DCD4E

tetradic

#4E8DCD #CD4ECD #CD8E4E #4ECD4E

square

#4E8DCD #CD4ECD #CD8E4E #4ECD4E

split-complementary

#4E8DCD #CD4E4E #CDCD4E

monochromatic

#23507D #316EAD #4E8DCD #7EACDA #ADCAE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#4E8DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#4E8DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8DCD

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8DCD	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7290D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6084CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 141, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.117 250.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8baedc',
    500: '#4e8dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8dcd;
$custom-light: #8baedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.236,
    "s": 55.947,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62955,
    "c": 0.117,
    "h": 250.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8DCD

secondary

#D6BCA1

accent

#9449DF

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8DCD

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

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