#4E8EE1#4E8EE1

#4E8EE1 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.142 H 255.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8EE1
RGB	rgb(78, 142, 225)
HSL	hsl(214, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(214, 65%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 36.9%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.41, 5.48, -48.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.41, 48.58, 276.48°)
OKLab	oklab(64.27% -0.0348 -0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(64.27% 0.142 255.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.4006, 26.3993, 74.9238)
Luminance	0.2640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8EE1 #E1A14E

analogous

#4ED7E1 #4E8EE1 #584EE1

triadic

#4E8EE1 #E14E8E #8EE14E

tetradic

#4E8EE1 #E14ED7 #E1A14E #4EE158

square

#4E8EE1 #E14ED7 #E1A14E #4EE158

split-complementary

#4E8EE1 #E1584E #D7E14E

monochromatic

#1A529A #236ECF #4E8EE1 #82AFEA #B7D1F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#4E8EE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#4E8EE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8EE1

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8EE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8EE1	1.00	3.34	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6994E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5486DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8ee1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 142, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.142 255.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eaeeb',
    500: '#4e8ee1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8ee1;
$custom-light: #8eaeeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8ee1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.878,
    "s": 71.014,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64267,
    "c": 0.14151,
    "h": 255.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8EE1

secondary

#E2C9A9

accent

#A03AEE

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8EE1

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

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