#4E8ECC#4E8ECC

#4E8ECC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.115 H 249.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8ECC
RGB	rgb(78, 142, 204)
HSL	hsl(210, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(210, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 30.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.39, -1.58, -38.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.39, 38.15, 267.63°)
OKLab	oklab(63.13% -0.0404 -0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(63.13% 0.115 249.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.7100, 25.3231, 60.7534)
Luminance	0.2532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8ECC #CC8C4E

analogous

#4ECCCB #4E8ECC #4E4FCC

triadic

#4E8ECC #CC4E8E #8ECC4E

tetradic

#4E8ECC #CB4ECC #CC8C4E #4FCC4E

square

#4E8ECC #CB4ECC #CC8C4E #4FCC4E

split-complementary

#4E8ECC #CC4E4F #CCCB4E

monochromatic

#24507C #316FAB #4E8ECC #7EACDA #ADCBE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#4E8ECC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#4E8ECC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8ECC

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8ECC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8ECC	1.00	3.46	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.46	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)

#7391CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6284CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8ecc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 142, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.115 249.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aaedc',
    500: '#4e8ecc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8ecc;
$custom-light: #8aaedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8ecc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.524,
    "s": 55.263,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63128,
    "c": 0.11489,
    "h": 249.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8ECC

secondary

#D5BAA1

accent

#9349DF

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8ECC

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

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