#4E8ECD#4E8ECD

#4E8ECD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.116 H 249.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8ECD
RGB	rgb(78, 142, 205)
HSL	hsl(210, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(210, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 30.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.44, -1.25, -38.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.44, 38.63, 268.15°)
OKLab	oklab(63.18% -0.0401 -0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(63.18% 0.116 249.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.8303, 25.3712, 61.3871)
Luminance	0.2537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8ECD #CD8D4E

analogous

#4ECDCD #4E8ECD #4E4ECD

triadic

#4E8ECD #CD4E8E #8ECD4E

tetradic

#4E8ECD #CD4ECD #CD8D4E #4ECD4E

square

#4E8ECD #CD4ECD #CD8D4E #4ECD4E

split-complementary

#4E8ECD #CD4E4E #CDCD4E

monochromatic

#23517D #316FAD #4E8ECD #7EACDA #ADCBE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#4E8ECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#4E8ECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8ECD

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8ECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8ECD	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7391D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6284CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8ecd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 142, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.116 249.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8baedc',
    500: '#4e8ecd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8ecd;
$custom-light: #8baedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8ecd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.764,
    "s": 55.947,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6318,
    "c": 0.11612,
    "h": 249.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8ECD

secondary

#D6BBA1

accent

#9349DF

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8ECD

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

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