#4E96C8#4E96C8

#4E96C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.104 H 241.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E96C8
RGB	rgb(78, 150, 200)
HSL	hsl(205, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(205, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 25%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.53, -7.46, -32.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.53, 33.38, 257.08°)
OKLab	oklab(64.76% -0.0502 -0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(64.76% 0.104 241.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.4696, 27.6002, 58.6702)
Luminance	0.2760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E96C8 #C8804E

analogous

#4EC8BD #4E96C8 #4E59C8

triadic

#4E96C8 #C84E96 #96C84E

tetradic

#4E96C8 #BD4EC8 #C8804E #59C84E

square

#4E96C8 #BD4EC8 #C8804E #59C84E

split-complementary

#4E96C8 #C84E59 #C8BD4E

monochromatic

#255577 #3377A5 #4E96C8 #7DB2D7 #ABCDE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#4E96C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#4E96C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E96C8

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E96C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E96C8	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8096CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F8AC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e96c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 150, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.104 241.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab4d9',
    500: '#4e96c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e96c8;
$custom-light: #8ab4d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e96c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.59,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64755,
    "c": 0.10421,
    "h": 241.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E96C8

secondary

#D3B49F

accent

#874CDC

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E96C8

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

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