#4E8ED6#4E8ED6

#4E8ED6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.127 H 252.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8ED6
RGB	rgb(78, 142, 214)
HSL	hsl(212, 62%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(212, 64%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 33.6%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.86, 1.76, -42.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.86, 43.03, 272.34°)
OKLab	oklab(63.66% -0.0376 -0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(63.66% 0.127 252.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.9481, 25.8183, 67.2740)
Luminance	0.2582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8ED6 #D6964E

analogous

#4ED2D6 #4E8ED6 #524ED6

triadic

#4E8ED6 #D64E8E #8ED64E

tetradic

#4E8ED6 #D64ED2 #D6964E #4ED652

square

#4E8ED6 #D64ED2 #D6964E #4ED652

split-complementary

#4E8ED6 #D6524E #D2D64E

monochromatic

#20528A #2B6FBB #4E8ED6 #80AEE2 #B1CDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#4E8ED6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#4E8ED6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8ED6

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8ED6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8ED6	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F92D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C85D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8ed6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 142, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.127 252.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8caee3',
    500: '#4e8ed6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8ed6;
$custom-light: #8caee3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8ed6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.765,
    "s": 62.385,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63657,
    "c": 0.12741,
    "h": 252.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8ED6

secondary

#DBC2A4

accent

#9942E5

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8ED6

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

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