#4E8DDD#4E8DDD

#4E8DDD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.137 H 255.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8DDD
RGB	rgb(78, 141, 221)
HSL	hsl(214, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(214, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 36.2%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.93, 4.71, -46.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.93, 47.04, 275.75°)
OKLab	oklab(63.82% -0.0348 -0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(63.82% 0.137 255.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.7132, 25.8874, 72.0343)
Luminance	0.2589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8DDD #DD9E4E

analogous

#4ED5DD #4E8DDD #564EDD

triadic

#4E8DDD #DD4E8D #8DDD4E

tetradic

#4E8DDD #DD4ED5 #DD9E4E #4EDD56

square

#4E8DDD #DD4ED5 #DD9E4E #4EDD56

split-complementary

#4E8DDD #DD564E #D5DD4E

monochromatic

#1C5194 #266DC7 #4E8DDD #81AEE7 #B5CFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#4E8DDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#4E8DDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8DDD

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8DDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8DDD	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A93E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5685DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8ddd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 141, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.137 255.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dade8',
    500: '#4e8ddd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8ddd;
$custom-light: #8dade8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8ddd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.566,
    "s": 67.773,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63822,
    "c": 0.13735,
    "h": 255.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8DDD

secondary

#E0C7A7

accent

#9E3DEB

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FC

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8DDD

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

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