#4E8EDC#4E8EDC

#4E8EDC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.135 H 254.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8EDC
RGB	rgb(78, 142, 220)
HSL	hsl(213, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(213, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 35.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.16, 3.78, -45.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.16, 46.04, 274.71°)
OKLab	oklab(63.99% -0.036 -0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(63.99% 0.135 254.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.7285, 26.1305, 71.3841)
Luminance	0.2613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8EDC #DC9C4E

analogous

#4ED5DC #4E8EDC #554EDC

triadic

#4E8EDC #DC4E8E #8EDC4E

tetradic

#4E8EDC #DC4ED5 #DC9C4E #4EDC55

square

#4E8EDC #DC4ED5 #DC9C4E #4EDC55

split-complementary

#4E8EDC #DC554E #D5DC4E

monochromatic

#1D5293 #276FC6 #4E8EDC #81AFE6 #B4CFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#4E8EDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#4E8EDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8EDC

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8EDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8EDC	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C93DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5886DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8edc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 142, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.135 254.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8daee7',
    500: '#4e8edc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8edc;
$custom-light: #8daee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8edc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.958,
    "s": 66.981,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63986,
    "c": 0.13506,
    "h": 254.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8EDC

secondary

#DFC6A7

accent

#9C3EEA

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FC

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8EDC

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

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