#4E9ED8#4E9ED8

#4E9ED8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.117 H 242.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9ED8
RGB	rgb(78, 158, 216)
HSL	hsl(205, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(205, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 26.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.53, -6.76, -36.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.53, 37.40, 259.58°)
OKLab	oklab(67.36% -0.0535 -0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(67.36% 0.117 242.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.7587, 31.0285, 69.4786)
Luminance	0.3103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9ED8 #D8884E

analogous

#4ED8CD #4E9ED8 #4E59D8

triadic

#4E9ED8 #D84E9E #9ED84E

tetradic

#4E9ED8 #CD4ED8 #D8884E #59D84E

square

#4E9ED8 #CD4ED8 #D8884E #59D84E

split-complementary

#4E9ED8 #D84E59 #D8CD4E

monochromatic

#1F5F8D #2A80BF #4E9ED8 #80B9E3 #B2D5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#4E9ED8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#4E9ED8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9ED8

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9ED8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9ED8	1.00	2.91	7.21	7.21
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#849FDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7191D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9ed8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 158, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.117 242.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbae4',
    500: '#4e9ed8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9ed8;
$custom-light: #8cbae4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9ed8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.217,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6736,
    "c": 0.11656,
    "h": 242.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9ED8

secondary

#DDBCA5

accent

#8741E7

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9ED8

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

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