#4E8DE2#4E8DE2

#4E8DE2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.144 H 256.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8DE2
RGB	rgb(78, 141, 226)
HSL	hsl(214, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(214, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 37.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.19, 6.42, -49.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.19, 49.60, 277.43°)
OKLab	oklab(64.11% -0.0336 -0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(64.11% 0.144 256.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.3893, 26.1578, 75.5950)
Luminance	0.2616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8DE2 #E2A34E

analogous

#4ED7E2 #4E8DE2 #594EE2

triadic

#4E8DE2 #E24E8D #8DE24E

tetradic

#4E8DE2 #E24ED7 #E2A34E #4EE259

square

#4E8DE2 #E24ED7 #E2A34E #4EE259

split-complementary

#4E8DE2 #E2594E #D7E24E

monochromatic

#1A519C #226CD1 #4E8DE2 #83AFEB #B7D1F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#4E8DE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#4E8DE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8DE2

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8DE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8DE2	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6793E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5286E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8de2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 141, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.144 256.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eadeb',
    500: '#4e8de2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8de2;
$custom-light: #8eadeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8de2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.459,
    "s": 71.845,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64106,
    "c": 0.14383,
    "h": 256.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8DE2

secondary

#E3CAA9

accent

#A139EF

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8DE2

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

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