#4E8EE6#4E8EE6

#4E8EE6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.148 H 256.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8EE6
RGB	rgb(78, 142, 230)
HSL	hsl(215, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(215, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 38.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.67, 7.19, -50.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.67, 51.15, 278.08°)
OKLab	oklab(64.55% -0.0336 -0.1441)
OKLCH	oklch(64.55% 0.148 256.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.0927, 26.6762, 78.5688)
Luminance	0.2668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8EE6 #E6A64E

analogous

#4EDAE6 #4E8EE6 #5A4EE6

triadic

#4E8EE6 #E64E8E #8EE64E

tetradic

#4E8EE6 #E64EDA #E6A64E #4EE65A

square

#4E8EE6 #E64EDA #E6A64E #4EE65A

split-complementary

#4E8EE6 #E65A4E #DAE64E

monochromatic

#1752A3 #1F6DD8 #4E8EE6 #84B0EE #B9D2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#4E8EE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#4E8EE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8EE6

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8EE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8EE6	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6695EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5087E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8ee6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 142, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.148 256.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eaeee',
    500: '#4e8ee6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8ee6;
$custom-light: #8eaeee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8ee6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.737,
    "s": 75.248,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64553,
    "c": 0.14797,
    "h": 256.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8EE6

secondary

#E5CCAB

accent

#830ED7

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8EE6

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

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