#4E8DE0#4E8DE0

#4E8DE0 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.141 H 256.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8DE0
RGB	rgb(78, 141, 224)
HSL	hsl(214, 70%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(214, 65%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 37.1%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.08, 5.73, -48.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.08, 48.58, 276.78°)
OKLab	oklab(63.99% -0.034 -0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(63.99% 0.141 256)
XYZ	xyz(26.1164, 26.0487, 74.1581)
Luminance	0.2605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8DE0 #E0A14E

analogous

#4ED6E0 #4E8DE0 #584EE0

triadic

#4E8DE0 #E04E8D #8DE04E

tetradic

#4E8DE0 #E04ED6 #E0A14E #4EE058

square

#4E8DE0 #E04ED6 #E0A14E #4EE058

split-complementary

#4E8DE0 #E0584E #D6E04E

monochromatic

#1B5199 #246DCD #4E8DE0 #82AFE9 #B6D0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#4E8DE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#4E8DE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8DE0

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8DE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8DE0	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6893E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5385DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8de0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 141, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.141 256.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dadea',
    500: '#4e8de0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8de0;
$custom-light: #8dadea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8de0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.11,
    "s": 70.192,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63992,
    "c": 0.14124,
    "h": 256
  },
  "luminance": 0.26051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8DE0

secondary

#E1C9A8

accent

#A03BED

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8DE0

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

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