#4E8EC6#4E8EC6

#4E8EC6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.108 H 246.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8EC6
RGB	rgb(78, 142, 198)
HSL	hsl(208, 51%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(208, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 28.3%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.12, -3.55, -35.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.12, 35.34, 264.23°)
OKLab	oklab(62.82% -0.0422 -0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(62.82% 0.108 246.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.0042, 25.0408, 57.0362)
Luminance	0.2504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8EC6 #C6864E

analogous

#4EC6C2 #4E8EC6 #4E52C6

triadic

#4E8EC6 #C64E8E #8EC64E

tetradic

#4E8EC6 #C24EC6 #C6864E #52C64E

square

#4E8EC6 #C24EC6 #C6864E #52C64E

split-complementary

#4E8EC6 #C64E52 #C6C24E

monochromatic

#254F74 #346FA2 #4E8EC6 #7CACD5 #ABC9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#4E8EC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#4E8EC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8EC6

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8EC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8EC6	1.00	3.49	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7690C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6684C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8ec6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 142, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.108 246.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aaed7',
    500: '#4e8ec6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8ec6;
$custom-light: #8aaed7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8ec6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208,
    "s": 51.282,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62823,
    "c": 0.1076,
    "h": 246.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8EC6

secondary

#D1B69E

accent

#8F4DDB

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0D1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8EC6

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

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