#4E8DD2#4E8DD2

#4E8DD2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.123 H 252.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8DD2
RGB	rgb(78, 141, 210)
HSL	hsl(211, 59%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(211, 63%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 32.9%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.39, 1.00, -41.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.39, 41.51, 271.38°)
OKLab	oklab(63.22% -0.0376 -0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(63.22% 0.123 252.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.2954, 25.3203, 64.5672)
Luminance	0.2532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8DD2 #D2934E

analogous

#4ECFD2 #4E8DD2 #514ED2

triadic

#4E8DD2 #D24E8D #8DD24E

tetradic

#4E8DD2 #D24ECF #D2934E #4ED251

square

#4E8DD2 #D24ECF #D2934E #4ED251

split-complementary

#4E8DD2 #D2514E #CFD24E

monochromatic

#225184 #2E6EB5 #4E8DD2 #7FACDE #B0CCEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#4E8DD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#4E8DD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8DD2

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8DD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8DD2	1.00	3.46	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F91D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D84D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8dd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 141, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.123 252.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8baee0',
    500: '#4e8dd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8dd2;
$custom-light: #8baee0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8dd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.364,
    "s": 59.459,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63219,
    "c": 0.12328,
    "h": 252.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8DD2

secondary

#D9BFA3

accent

#9745E3

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8DD2

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

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