#4E8FC9#4E8FC9

#4E8FC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.110 H 247.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8FC9
RGB	rgb(78, 143, 201)
HSL	hsl(208, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(208, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 28.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.54, -3.15, -36.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.54, 36.33, 265.03°)
OKLab	oklab(63.2% -0.0423 -0.102)
OKLCH	oklch(63.2% 0.11 247.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.5031, 25.4795, 58.9264)
Luminance	0.2548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8FC9 #C9884E

analogous

#4EC9C6 #4E8FC9 #4E51C9

triadic

#4E8FC9 #C94E8F #8FC94E

tetradic

#4E8FC9 #C64EC9 #C9884E #51C94E

square

#4E8FC9 #C64EC9 #C9884E #51C94E

split-complementary

#4E8FC9 #C94E51 #C9C64E

monochromatic

#255178 #3370A7 #4E8FC9 #7DADD7 #ACCAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#4E8FC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#4E8FC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8FC9

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8FC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8FC9	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7691CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6585C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8fc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 143, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.110 247.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aafd9',
    500: '#4e8fc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8fc9;
$custom-light: #8aafd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8fc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.293,
    "s": 53.247,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63202,
    "c": 0.11041,
    "h": 247.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8FC9

secondary

#D3B89F

accent

#904BDD

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0D1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8FC9

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

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