#4E8EE2#4E8EE2

#4E8EE2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.143 H 256.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8EE2
RGB	rgb(78, 142, 226)
HSL	hsl(214, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(214, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 37.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.47, 5.82, -48.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.47, 49.09, 276.81°)
OKLab	oklab(64.32% -0.0346 -0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(64.32% 0.143 256)
XYZ	xyz(26.5374, 26.4541, 75.6444)
Luminance	0.2646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8EE2 #E2A24E

analogous

#4ED8E2 #4E8EE2 #584EE2

triadic

#4E8EE2 #E24E8E #8EE24E

tetradic

#4E8EE2 #E24ED8 #E2A24E #4EE258

square

#4E8EE2 #E24ED8 #E2A24E #4EE258

split-complementary

#4E8EE2 #E2584E #D8E24E

monochromatic

#1A529C #226ED1 #4E8EE2 #83B0EB #B7D1F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#4E8EE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#4E8EE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8EE2

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8EE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8EE2	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6994E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5386E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8ee2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 142, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.143 256.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eaeeb',
    500: '#4e8ee2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8ee2;
$custom-light: #8eaeeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8ee2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.054,
    "s": 71.845,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64323,
    "c": 0.1428,
    "h": 256
  },
  "luminance": 0.26457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8EE2

secondary

#E3CAA9

accent

#A039EF

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8EE2

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

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