#4E8FCD#4E8FCD

#4E8FCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.115 H 249.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8FCD
RGB	rgb(78, 143, 205)
HSL	hsl(209, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(209, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 30.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.72, -1.83, -38.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.72, 38.20, 267.26°)
OKLab	oklab(63.41% -0.0411 -0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(63.41% 0.115 249.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.9797, 25.6701, 61.4369)
Luminance	0.2567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8FCD #CD8C4E

analogous

#4ECDCB #4E8FCD #4E50CD

triadic

#4E8FCD #CD4E8F #8FCD4E

tetradic

#4E8FCD #CB4ECD #CD8C4E #50CD4E

square

#4E8FCD #CB4ECD #CD8C4E #50CD4E

split-complementary

#4E8FCD #CD4E50 #CDCB4E

monochromatic

#23517D #3170AD #4E8FCD #7EADDA #ADCBE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#4E8FCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#4E8FCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8FCD

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8FCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8FCD	1.00	3.42	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7491D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6385CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8fcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 143, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.115 249.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bafdc',
    500: '#4e8fcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8fcd;
$custom-light: #8bafdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8fcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.291,
    "s": 55.947,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63406,
    "c": 0.11526,
    "h": 249.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8FCD

secondary

#D6BBA1

accent

#9249DF

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8FCD

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

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