#4E8EC7#4E8EC7

#4E8EC7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.109 H 247.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8EC7
RGB	rgb(78, 142, 199)
HSL	hsl(208, 52%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(208, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 28.6%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.16, -3.23, -35.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.16, 35.80, 264.83°)
OKLab	oklab(62.87% -0.0419 -0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(62.87% 0.109 247.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.1199, 25.0871, 57.6456)
Luminance	0.2509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8EC7 #C7874E

analogous

#4EC7C3 #4E8EC7 #4E52C7

triadic

#4E8EC7 #C74E8E #8EC74E

tetradic

#4E8EC7 #C34EC7 #C7874E #52C74E

square

#4E8EC7 #C34EC7 #C7874E #52C74E

split-complementary

#4E8EC7 #C74E52 #C7C34E

monochromatic

#255075 #346FA4 #4E8EC7 #7CACD6 #ABC9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#4E8EC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#4E8EC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8EC7

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8EC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8EC7	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7590CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6584C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8ec7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 142, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.109 247.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aaed8',
    500: '#4e8ec7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8ec7;
$custom-light: #8aaed8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8ec7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.264,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62873,
    "c": 0.10879,
    "h": 247.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8EC7

secondary

#D2B79F

accent

#904CDB

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0D1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8EC7

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

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