#4E8EE4#4E8EE4

#4E8EE4 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.145 H 256.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8EE4
RGB	rgb(78, 142, 228)
HSL	hsl(214, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(214, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 37.7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.57, 6.51, -49.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.57, 50.12, 277.46°)
OKLab	oklab(64.44% -0.0341 -0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(64.44% 0.145 256.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.8134, 26.5645, 77.0981)
Luminance	0.2657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8EE4 #E4A44E

analogous

#4ED9E4 #4E8EE4 #594EE4

triadic

#4E8EE4 #E44E8E #8EE44E

tetradic

#4E8EE4 #E44ED9 #E4A44E #4EE459

square

#4E8EE4 #E44ED9 #E4A44E #4EE459

split-complementary

#4E8EE4 #E4594E #D9E44E

monochromatic

#18529F #206DD4 #4E8EE4 #83B0EC #B8D2F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#4E8EE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#4E8EE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8EE4

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8EE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8EE4	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6895E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5286E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8ee4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 142, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.145 256.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eaeed',
    500: '#4e8ee4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8ee4;
$custom-light: #8eaeed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8ee4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.4,
    "s": 73.529,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64438,
    "c": 0.14538,
    "h": 256.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8EE4

secondary

#E4CBAA

accent

#A138F0

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8EE4

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

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