#4E96C5#4E96C5

#4E96C5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.101 H 239.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E96C5
RGB	rgb(78, 150, 197)
HSL	hsl(204, 51%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(204, 60%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 23.9%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.40, -8.43, -31.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.40, 32.17, 254.81°)
OKLab	oklab(64.61% -0.0512 -0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(64.61% 0.101 239.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.1225, 27.4613, 56.8418)
Luminance	0.2746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E96C5 #C57D4E

analogous

#4EC5B8 #4E96C5 #4E5BC5

triadic

#4E96C5 #C54E96 #96C54E

tetradic

#4E96C5 #B84EC5 #C57D4E #5BC54E

square

#4E96C5 #B84EC5 #C57D4E #5BC54E

split-complementary

#4E96C5 #C54E5B #C5B84E

monochromatic

#265473 #3576A1 #4E96C5 #7CB1D4 #AACDE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#4E96C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#4E96C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E96C5

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E96C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E96C5	1.00	3.23	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8196C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#708AC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e96c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 150, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.101 239.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab4d6',
    500: '#4e96c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e96c5;
$custom-light: #8ab4d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e96c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.697,
    "s": 50.638,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64613,
    "c": 0.10098,
    "h": 239.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E96C5

secondary

#D1B29E

accent

#854EDA

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E96C5

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

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