#4E8EDE#4E8EDE

#4E8EDE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.138 H 255.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8EDE
RGB	rgb(78, 142, 222)
HSL	hsl(213, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(213, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 36%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.26, 4.46, -46.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.26, 47.05, 275.44°)
OKLab	oklab(64.1% -0.0355 -0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(64.1% 0.138 255)
XYZ	xyz(25.9949, 26.2371, 72.7874)
Luminance	0.2624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8EDE #DE9E4E

analogous

#4ED6DE #4E8EDE #564EDE

triadic

#4E8EDE #DE4E8E #8EDE4E

tetradic

#4E8EDE #DE4ED6 #DE9E4E #4EDE56

square

#4E8EDE #DE4ED6 #DE9E4E #4EDE56

split-complementary

#4E8EDE #DE564E #D6DE4E

monochromatic

#1C5296 #266EC9 #4E8EDE #82AFE8 #B5D0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#4E8EDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#4E8EDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8EDE

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8EDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8EDE	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B93E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5786DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8ede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 142, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.138 255.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8daee8',
    500: '#4e8ede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8ede;
$custom-light: #8daee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8ede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.333,
    "s": 68.571,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64097,
    "c": 0.13763,
    "h": 255
  },
  "luminance": 0.2624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8EDE

secondary

#E0C7A8

accent

#9E3CEB

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8EDE

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