#4E8EDD#4E8EDD

#4E8EDD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.136 H 254.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8EDD
RGB	rgb(78, 142, 221)
HSL	hsl(213, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(213, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 35.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.21, 4.12, -46.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.21, 46.54, 275.08°)
OKLab	oklab(64.04% -0.0358 -0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(64.04% 0.136 254.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.8613, 26.1836, 72.0836)
Luminance	0.2619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8EDD #DD9D4E

analogous

#4ED5DD #4E8EDD #554EDD

triadic

#4E8EDD #DD4E8E #8EDD4E

tetradic

#4E8EDD #DD4ED5 #DD9D4E #4EDD55

square

#4E8EDD #DD4ED5 #DD9D4E #4EDD55

split-complementary

#4E8EDD #DD554E #D5DD4E

monochromatic

#1C5294 #266EC7 #4E8EDD #81AFE7 #B5D0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#4E8EDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#4E8EDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8EDD

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8EDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8EDD	1.00	3.37	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B93E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5786DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8edd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 142, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.136 254.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8daee8',
    500: '#4e8edd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8edd;
$custom-light: #8daee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8edd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.147,
    "s": 67.773,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64042,
    "c": 0.13635,
    "h": 254.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8EDD

secondary

#E0C6A7

accent

#9D3DEB

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FC

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8EDD

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

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