#4E96C4#4E96C4

#4E96C4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.100 H 238.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E96C4
RGB	rgb(78, 150, 196)
HSL	hsl(203, 50%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(203, 60%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 23.5%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.36, -8.75, -30.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.36, 31.77, 254.02°)
OKLab	oklab(64.57% -0.0515 -0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(64.57% 0.1 238.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.0083, 27.4156, 56.2404)
Luminance	0.2742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E96C4 #C47C4E

analogous

#4EC4B7 #4E96C4 #4E5BC4

triadic

#4E96C4 #C44E96 #96C44E

tetradic

#4E96C4 #B74EC4 #C47C4E #5BC44E

square

#4E96C4 #B74EC4 #C47C4E #5BC44E

split-complementary

#4E96C4 #C44E5B #C4B74E

monochromatic

#265472 #3576A0 #4E96C4 #7CB1D3 #AACCE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#4E96C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#4E96C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E96C4

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E96C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E96C4	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8196C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#718AC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e96c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 150, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.100 238.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab4d6',
    500: '#4e96c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e96c4;
$custom-light: #8ab4d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e96c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.39,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64566,
    "c": 0.09992,
    "h": 238.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E96C4

secondary

#D0B19E

accent

#854EDA

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E96C4

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

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