#4E8ECA#4E8ECA

#4E8ECA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.112 H 248.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8ECA
RGB	rgb(78, 142, 202)
HSL	hsl(209, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(209, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 29.7%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.30, -2.24, -37.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.30, 37.20, 266.55°)
OKLab	oklab(63.03% -0.041 -0.1047)
OKLCH	oklch(63.03% 0.112 248.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.4716, 25.2278, 59.4982)
Luminance	0.2523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8ECA #CA8A4E

analogous

#4ECAC8 #4E8ECA #4E50CA

triadic

#4E8ECA #CA4E8E #8ECA4E

tetradic

#4E8ECA #C84ECA #CA8A4E #50CA4E

square

#4E8ECA #C84ECA #CA8A4E #50CA4E

split-complementary

#4E8ECA #CA4E50 #CAC84E

monochromatic

#245079 #326FA8 #4E8ECA #7DACD8 #ACCAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#4E8ECA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#4E8ECA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8ECA

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8ECA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8ECA	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7490CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6484C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8eca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 142, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.112 248.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aaeda',
    500: '#4e8eca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8eca;
$custom-light: #8aaeda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8eca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.032,
    "s": 53.913,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63026,
    "c": 0.11243,
    "h": 248.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8ECA

secondary

#D4B9A0

accent

#924BDD

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8ECA

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

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