#4E8DCE#4E8DCE

#4E8DCE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.118 H 250.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8DCE
RGB	rgb(78, 141, 206)
HSL	hsl(210, 57%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(210, 62%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 31.6%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.20, -0.33, -39.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.20, 39.55, 269.52°)
OKLab	oklab(63.01% -0.0387 -0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(63.01% 0.118 250.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.8033, 25.1234, 61.9754)
Luminance	0.2513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8DCE #CE8F4E

analogous

#4ECDCE #4E8DCE #4F4ECE

triadic

#4E8DCE #CE4E8D #8DCE4E

tetradic

#4E8DCE #CE4ECD #CE8F4E #4ECE4F

square

#4E8DCE #CE4ECD #CE8F4E #4ECE4F

split-complementary

#4E8DCE #CE4F4E #CDCE4E

monochromatic

#23507F #306EAE #4E8DCE #7EACDB #AECBE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#4E8DCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#4E8DCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8DCE

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8DCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8DCE	1.00	3.49	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7190D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6084CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8dce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 141, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.118 250.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8baedd',
    500: '#4e8dce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8dce;
$custom-light: #8baedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8dce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.469,
    "s": 56.637,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63007,
    "c": 0.11825,
    "h": 250.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8DCE

secondary

#D7BCA1

accent

#9548E0

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8DCE

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

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