#4E96CD#4E96CD

#4E96CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.110 H 243.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E96CD
RGB	rgb(78, 150, 205)
HSL	hsl(206, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(206, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 26.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.74, -5.84, -35.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.74, 35.49, 260.52°)
OKLab	oklab(65% -0.0486 -0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(65% 0.11 243.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.0636, 27.8377, 61.7981)
Luminance	0.2784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E96CD #CD854E

analogous

#4ECDC4 #4E96CD #4E56CD

triadic

#4E96CD #CD4E96 #96CD4E

tetradic

#4E96CD #C44ECD #CD854E #56CD4E

square

#4E96CD #C44ECD #CD854E #56CD4E

split-complementary

#4E96CD #CD4E56 #CDC44E

monochromatic

#23567D #3177AD #4E96CD #7EB2DA #ADCFE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#4E96CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#4E96CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E96CD

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E96CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E96CD	1.00	3.20	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E97CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C8ACC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e96cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 150, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.110 243.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb4dc',
    500: '#4e96cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e96cd;
$custom-light: #8bb4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e96cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.984,
    "s": 55.947,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64997,
    "c": 0.1098,
    "h": 243.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E96CD

secondary

#D6B8A1

accent

#8A49DF

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E96CD

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

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