#4E8EC5#4E8EC5

#4E8EC5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.106 H 246.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8EC5
RGB	rgb(78, 142, 197)
HSL	hsl(208, 51%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(208, 60%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 27.9%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.07, -3.88, -34.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.07, 34.88, 263.61°)
OKLab	oklab(62.77% -0.0425 -0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(62.77% 0.106 246.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.8892, 24.9948, 56.4307)
Luminance	0.2500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8EC5 #C5854E

analogous

#4EC5C1 #4E8EC5 #4E53C5

triadic

#4E8EC5 #C54E8E #8EC54E

tetradic

#4E8EC5 #C14EC5 #C5854E #53C54E

square

#4E8EC5 #C14EC5 #C5854E #53C54E

split-complementary

#4E8EC5 #C54E53 #C5C14E

monochromatic

#264F73 #356FA1 #4E8EC5 #7CABD4 #AAC9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#4E8EC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#4E8EC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8EC5

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8EC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8EC5	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7690C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6684C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8ec5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 142, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.106 246.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aaed7',
    500: '#4e8ec5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8ec5;
$custom-light: #8aaed7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8ec5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.731,
    "s": 50.638,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62773,
    "c": 0.1064,
    "h": 246.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8EC5

secondary

#D1B59E

accent

#8F4EDA

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8EC5

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

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