#4E8EC3#4E8EC3

#4E8EC3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.104 H 245.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8EC3
RGB	rgb(78, 142, 195)
HSL	hsl(207, 49%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(207, 60%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 27.2%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.98, -4.53, -33.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.98, 33.98, 262.33°)
OKLab	oklab(62.67% -0.0431 -0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(62.67% 0.104 245.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.6616, 24.9037, 55.2318)
Luminance	0.2491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8EC3 #C3834E

analogous

#4EC3BD #4E8EC3 #4E53C3

triadic

#4E8EC3 #C34E8E #8EC34E

tetradic

#4E8EC3 #BD4EC3 #C3834E #53C34E

square

#4E8EC3 #BD4EC3 #C3834E #53C34E

split-complementary

#4E8EC3 #C34E53 #C3BD4E

monochromatic

#264F70 #366F9E #4E8EC3 #7CABD2 #A9C8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#4E8EC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#4E8EC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8EC3

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8EC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8EC3	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#778FC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6784C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8ec3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 142, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.104 245.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89aed5',
    500: '#4e8ec3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8ec3;
$custom-light: #89aed5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8ec3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.179,
    "s": 49.367,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62674,
    "c": 0.10403,
    "h": 245.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8EC3

secondary

#CFB49D

accent

#8D4FD9

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8EC3

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

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