#4E8EC8#4E8EC8

#4E8EC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.110 H 247.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8EC8
RGB	rgb(78, 142, 200)
HSL	hsl(209, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(209, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 29%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.21, -2.90, -36.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.21, 36.27, 265.42°)
OKLab	oklab(62.92% -0.0416 -0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(62.92% 0.11 247.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.2364, 25.1337, 58.2591)
Luminance	0.2514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8EC8 #C8884E

analogous

#4EC8C5 #4E8EC8 #4E51C8

triadic

#4E8EC8 #C84E8E #8EC84E

tetradic

#4E8EC8 #C54EC8 #C8884E #51C84E

square

#4E8EC8 #C54EC8 #C8884E #51C84E

split-complementary

#4E8EC8 #C84E51 #C8C54E

monochromatic

#255077 #336FA5 #4E8EC8 #7DACD7 #ABCAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#4E8EC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#4E8EC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8EC8

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8EC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8EC8	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7590CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6584C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8ec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 142, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.110 247.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aaed9',
    500: '#4e8ec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8ec8;
$custom-light: #8aaed9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8ec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.525,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62924,
    "c": 0.11,
    "h": 247.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8EC8

secondary

#D3B89F

accent

#904CDC

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0D1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8EC8

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

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