#4E8EE0#4E8EE0

#4E8EE0 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.140 H 255.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8EE0
RGB	rgb(78, 142, 224)
HSL	hsl(214, 70%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(214, 65%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 36.6%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.36, 5.14, -47.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.36, 48.07, 276.14°)
OKLab	oklab(64.21% -0.035 -0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(64.21% 0.14 255.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.2646, 26.3449, 74.2075)
Luminance	0.2635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8EE0 #E0A04E

analogous

#4ED7E0 #4E8EE0 #574EE0

triadic

#4E8EE0 #E04E8E #8EE04E

tetradic

#4E8EE0 #E04ED7 #E0A04E #4EE057

square

#4E8EE0 #E04ED7 #E0A04E #4EE057

split-complementary

#4E8EE0 #E0574E #D7E04E

monochromatic

#1B5299 #246ECD #4E8EE0 #82AFE9 #B6D0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#4E8EE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#4E8EE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8EE0

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8EE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8EE0	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A94E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5586DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8ee0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 142, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.140 255.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8daeea',
    500: '#4e8ee0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8ee0;
$custom-light: #8daeea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8ee0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.699,
    "s": 70.192,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6421,
    "c": 0.14021,
    "h": 255.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8EE0

secondary

#E1C8A8

accent

#9F3BED

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8EE0

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

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