#4E8ECB#4E8ECB

#4E8ECB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.114 H 249.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8ECB
RGB	rgb(78, 142, 203)
HSL	hsl(209, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(209, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 30%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.34, -1.91, -37.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.34, 37.68, 267.09°)
OKLab	oklab(63.08% -0.0407 -0.1061)
OKLCH	oklch(63.08% 0.114 249)
XYZ	xyz(23.5904, 25.2753, 60.1237)
Luminance	0.2528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8ECB #CB8B4E

analogous

#4ECBC9 #4E8ECB #4E50CB

triadic

#4E8ECB #CB4E8E #8ECB4E

tetradic

#4E8ECB #C94ECB #CB8B4E #50CB4E

square

#4E8ECB #C94ECB #CB8B4E #50CB4E

split-complementary

#4E8ECB #CB4E50 #CBC94E

monochromatic

#24507B #326FAA #4E8ECB #7DACD9 #ADCAE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#4E8ECB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#4E8ECB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8ECB

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8ECB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8ECB	1.00	3.47	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7490CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6384CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8ecb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 142, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.114 249.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aaedb',
    500: '#4e8ecb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8ecb;
$custom-light: #8aaedb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8ecb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.28,
    "s": 54.585,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63077,
    "c": 0.11366,
    "h": 249
  },
  "luminance": 0.25278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8ECB

secondary

#D5BAA0

accent

#924ADE

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8ECB

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

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