#4E8EE3#4E8EE3

#4E8EE3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.144 H 256.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8EE3
RGB	rgb(78, 142, 227)
HSL	hsl(214, 73%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(214, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 37.4%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.52, 6.17, -49.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.52, 49.60, 277.14°)
OKLab	oklab(64.38% -0.0343 -0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(64.38% 0.144 256.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.6750, 26.5091, 76.3691)
Luminance	0.2651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8EE3 #E3A34E

analogous

#4ED9E3 #4E8EE3 #584EE3

triadic

#4E8EE3 #E34E8E #8EE34E

tetradic

#4E8EE3 #E34ED9 #E3A34E #4EE358

square

#4E8EE3 #E34ED9 #E3A34E #4EE358

split-complementary

#4E8EE3 #E3584E #D9E34E

monochromatic

#19529E #216DD3 #4E8EE3 #83B0EB #B8D1F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#4E8EE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#4E8EE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8EE3

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8EE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8EE3	1.00	3.33	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6894E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5386E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8ee3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 142, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.144 256.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eaeec',
    500: '#4e8ee3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8ee3;
$custom-light: #8eaeec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8ee3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.228,
    "s": 72.683,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6438,
    "c": 0.14409,
    "h": 256.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8EE3

secondary

#E3CAAA

accent

#A138EF

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8EE3

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

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