#4E8ED1#4E8ED1

#4E8ED1 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.121 H 251.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8ED1
RGB	rgb(78, 142, 209)
HSL	hsl(211, 59%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(211, 63%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 32.1%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.62, 0.08, -40.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.62, 40.56, 270.12°)
OKLab	oklab(63.39% -0.0389 -0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(63.39% 0.121 251.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.3193, 25.5668, 63.9625)
Luminance	0.2557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8ED1 #D1914E

analogous

#4ED0D1 #4E8ED1 #504ED1

triadic

#4E8ED1 #D14E8E #8ED14E

tetradic

#4E8ED1 #D14ED0 #D1914E #4ED150

square

#4E8ED1 #D14ED0 #D1914E #4ED150

split-complementary

#4E8ED1 #D1504E #D0D14E

monochromatic

#225183 #2F6FB3 #4E8ED1 #7FADDE #AFCCEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#4E8ED1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#4E8ED1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8ED1

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8ED1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8ED1	1.00	3.43	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7191D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F85D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8ed1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 142, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.121 251.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8baedf',
    500: '#4e8ed1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8ed1;
$custom-light: #8baedf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8ed1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.687,
    "s": 58.744,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6339,
    "c": 0.1211,
    "h": 251.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8ED1

secondary

#D8BEA2

accent

#9646E2

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8ED1

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

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