#4E8DE3#4E8DE3

#4E8DE3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.145 H 256.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8DE3
RGB	rgb(78, 141, 227)
HSL	hsl(215, 73%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(215, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 37.9%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.24, 6.76, -49.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.24, 50.12, 277.75°)
OKLab	oklab(64.16% -0.0333 -0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(64.16% 0.145 256.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.5269, 26.2129, 76.3198)
Luminance	0.2622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8DE3 #E3A44E

analogous

#4ED7E3 #4E8DE3 #5A4EE3

triadic

#4E8DE3 #E34E8D #8DE34E

tetradic

#4E8DE3 #E34ED7 #E3A44E #4EE35A

square

#4E8DE3 #E34ED7 #E3A44E #4EE35A

split-complementary

#4E8DE3 #E35A4E #D7E34E

monochromatic

#19519E #216CD3 #4E8DE3 #83AFEB #B8D1F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#4E8DE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#4E8DE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8DE3

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8DE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8DE3	1.00	3.36	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6794E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5186E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8de3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 141, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.145 256.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eadec',
    500: '#4e8de3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8de3;
$custom-light: #8eadec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8de3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.631,
    "s": 72.683,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64163,
    "c": 0.14513,
    "h": 256.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8DE3

secondary

#E3CBAA

accent

#A238EF

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8DE3

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

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