#4E8ED0#4E8ED0

#4E8ED0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.120 H 250.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8ED0
RGB	rgb(78, 142, 208)
HSL	hsl(210, 58%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(210, 63%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 31.7%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.58, -0.25, -40.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.58, 40.08, 269.64°)
OKLab	oklab(63.34% -0.0392 -0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(63.34% 0.12 250.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.1959, 25.5175, 63.3125)
Luminance	0.2552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8ED0 #D0904E

analogous

#4ECFD0 #4E8ED0 #4F4ED0

triadic

#4E8ED0 #D04E8E #8ED04E

tetradic

#4E8ED0 #D04ECF #D0904E #4ED04F

square

#4E8ED0 #D04ECF #D0904E #4ED04F

split-complementary

#4E8ED0 #D04F4E #CFD04E

monochromatic

#225181 #2F6FB2 #4E8ED0 #7EADDD #AFCCEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#4E8ED0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#4E8ED0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8ED0

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8ED0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8ED0	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7291D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6085CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8ed0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 142, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.120 250.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8baede',
    500: '#4e8ed0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8ed0;
$custom-light: #8baede;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8ed0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.462,
    "s": 58.036,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63337,
    "c": 0.11985,
    "h": 250.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8ED0

secondary

#D8BDA2

accent

#9547E1

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8ED0

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

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