#4E8EC9#4E8EC9

#4E8EC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.111 H 248.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8EC9
RGB	rgb(78, 142, 201)
HSL	hsl(209, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(209, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 29.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.25, -2.57, -36.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.25, 36.73, 265.99°)
OKLab	oklab(62.97% -0.0413 -0.1033)
OKLCH	oklch(62.97% 0.111 248.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.3536, 25.1806, 58.8766)
Luminance	0.2518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8EC9 #C9894E

analogous

#4EC9C6 #4E8EC9 #4E51C9

triadic

#4E8EC9 #C94E8E #8EC94E

tetradic

#4E8EC9 #C64EC9 #C9894E #51C94E

square

#4E8EC9 #C64EC9 #C9894E #51C94E

split-complementary

#4E8EC9 #C94E51 #C9C64E

monochromatic

#255078 #336FA7 #4E8EC9 #7DACD7 #ACCAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#4E8EC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#4E8EC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8EC9

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8EC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8EC9	1.00	3.48	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7590CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6484C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8ec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 142, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.111 248.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aaed9',
    500: '#4e8ec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8ec9;
$custom-light: #8aaed9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8ec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.78,
    "s": 53.247,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62974,
    "c": 0.11121,
    "h": 248.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8EC9

secondary

#D3B89F

accent

#914BDD

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0D1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8EC9

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

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