#4E8DE1#4E8DE1

#4E8DE1 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.143 H 256.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8DE1
RGB	rgb(78, 141, 225)
HSL	hsl(214, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(214, 65%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 37.3%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.13, 6.08, -48.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.13, 49.09, 277.11°)
OKLab	oklab(64.05% -0.0338 -0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(64.05% 0.143 256.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.2525, 26.1031, 74.8744)
Luminance	0.2611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8DE1 #E1A24E

analogous

#4ED6E1 #4E8DE1 #594EE1

triadic

#4E8DE1 #E14E8D #8DE14E

tetradic

#4E8DE1 #E14ED6 #E1A24E #4EE159

square

#4E8DE1 #E14ED6 #E1A24E #4EE159

split-complementary

#4E8DE1 #E1594E #D6E14E

monochromatic

#1A519A #236DCF #4E8DE1 #82AFEA #B7D0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#4E8DE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#4E8DE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8DE1

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8DE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8DE1	1.00	3.38	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6893E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5385DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8de1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 141, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.143 256.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eadeb',
    500: '#4e8de1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8de1;
$custom-light: #8eadeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8de1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.286,
    "s": 71.014,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64049,
    "c": 0.14254,
    "h": 256.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8DE1

secondary

#E2C9A9

accent

#A13AEE

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8DE1

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

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