#4E96CE#4E96CE

#4E96CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.111 H 244.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E96CE
RGB	rgb(78, 150, 206)
HSL	hsl(206, 57%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(206, 62%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 27.2%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.79, -5.52, -35.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.79, 35.92, 261.17°)
OKLab	oklab(65.05% -0.0483 -0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(65.05% 0.111 244.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.1847, 27.8862, 62.4359)
Luminance	0.2789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E96CE #CE864E

analogous

#4ECEC6 #4E96CE #4E56CE

triadic

#4E96CE #CE4E96 #96CE4E

tetradic

#4E96CE #C64ECE #CE864E #56CE4E

square

#4E96CE #C64ECE #CE864E #56CE4E

split-complementary

#4E96CE #CE4E56 #CEC64E

monochromatic

#23577F #3077AE #4E96CE #7EB2DB #AECFE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#4E96CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#4E96CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E96CE

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E96CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E96CE	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D97D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C8ACD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e96ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 150, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.111 244.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb4dd',
    500: '#4e96ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e96ce;
$custom-light: #8bb4dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e96ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.25,
    "s": 56.637,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65046,
    "c": 0.11093,
    "h": 244.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E96CE

secondary

#D7B9A1

accent

#8A48E0

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E96CE

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

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