#4E8ED8#4E8ED8

#4E8ED8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.130 H 253.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8ED8
RGB	rgb(78, 142, 216)
HSL	hsl(212, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(212, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 34.3%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.96, 2.43, -43.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.96, 44.02, 273.16°)
OKLab	oklab(63.77% -0.037 -0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(63.77% 0.13 253.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.2050, 25.9211, 68.6274)
Luminance	0.2592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8ED8 #D8984E

analogous

#4ED3D8 #4E8ED8 #534ED8

triadic

#4E8ED8 #D84E8E #8ED84E

tetradic

#4E8ED8 #D84ED3 #D8984E #4ED853

square

#4E8ED8 #D84ED3 #D8984E #4ED853

split-complementary

#4E8ED8 #D8534E #D3D84E

monochromatic

#1F528D #2A6FBF #4E8ED8 #80AEE3 #B2CEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#4E8ED8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#4E8ED8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8ED8

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8ED8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8ED8	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E92DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B85D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8ed8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 142, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.130 253.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8caee4',
    500: '#4e8ed8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8ed8;
$custom-light: #8caee4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8ed8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.174,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63766,
    "c": 0.12994,
    "h": 253.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8ED8

secondary

#DDC3A5

accent

#9A41E7

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8ED8

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

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