#4E8DE5#4E8DE5

#4E8DE5 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.148 H 257.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8DE5
RGB	rgb(78, 141, 229)
HSL	hsl(215, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(215, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 38.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.34, 7.44, -50.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.34, 51.15, 278.37°)
OKLab	oklab(64.28% -0.0329 -0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(64.28% 0.148 257.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.8045, 26.3239, 77.7820)
Luminance	0.2633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8DE5 #E5A64E

analogous

#4ED8E5 #4E8DE5 #5B4EE5

triadic

#4E8DE5 #E54E8D #8DE54E

tetradic

#4E8DE5 #E54ED8 #E5A64E #4EE55B

square

#4E8DE5 #E54ED8 #E5A64E #4EE55B

split-complementary

#4E8DE5 #E55B4E #D8E54E

monochromatic

#1851A1 #1F6CD6 #4E8DE5 #83AFED #B9D2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#4E8DE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#4E8DE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8DE5

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8DE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8DE5	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6594E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F86E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8de5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 141, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.148 257.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eaded',
    500: '#4e8de5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8de5;
$custom-light: #8eaded;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8de5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.967,
    "s": 74.384,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64279,
    "c": 0.14773,
    "h": 257.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8DE5

secondary

#E4CCAA

accent

#830FD7

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8DE5

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

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