#4E8DD9#4E8DD9

#4E8DD9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.132 H 254.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8DD9
RGB	rgb(78, 141, 217)
HSL	hsl(213, 65%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(213, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 35%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.73, 3.36, -44.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.73, 45.01, 274.28°)
OKLab	oklab(63.6% -0.0358 -0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(63.6% 0.132 254.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.1866, 25.6768, 69.2610)
Luminance	0.2568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8DD9 #D99A4E

analogous

#4ED2D9 #4E8DD9 #554ED9

triadic

#4E8DD9 #D94E8D #8DD94E

tetradic

#4E8DD9 #D94ED2 #D99A4E #4ED955

square

#4E8DD9 #D94ED2 #D99A4E #4ED955

split-complementary

#4E8DD9 #D9554E #D2D94E

monochromatic

#1F518E #296EC0 #4E8DD9 #80ADE4 #B3CEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#4E8DD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#4E8DD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8DD9

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8DD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8DD9	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C92DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5985D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8dd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 141, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.132 254.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8caee5',
    500: '#4e8dd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8dd9;
$custom-light: #8caee5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8dd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.806,
    "s": 64.651,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.636,
    "c": 0.13221,
    "h": 254.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8DD9

secondary

#DDC4A6

accent

#9C40E8

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8DD9

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

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