#4E96D6#4E96D6

#4E96D6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.120 H 247.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E96D6
RGB	rgb(78, 150, 214)
HSL	hsl(208, 62%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(208, 64%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 29.9%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.15, -2.88, -39.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.15, 39.51, 265.81°)
OKLab	oklab(65.45% -0.0458 -0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(65.45% 0.12 247.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.1813, 28.2848, 67.6850)
Luminance	0.2829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E96D6 #D68E4E

analogous

#4ED6D2 #4E96D6 #4E52D6

triadic

#4E96D6 #D64E96 #96D64E

tetradic

#4E96D6 #D24ED6 #D68E4E #52D64E

square

#4E96D6 #D24ED6 #D68E4E #52D64E

split-complementary

#4E96D6 #D64E52 #D6D24E

monochromatic

#20588A #2B78BB #4E96D6 #80B3E2 #B1D1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#4E96D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#4E96D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E96D6

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E96D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E96D6	1.00	3.15	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A98D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#688BD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e96d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 150, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.120 247.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb4e3',
    500: '#4e96d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e96d6;
$custom-light: #8cb4e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e96d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.235,
    "s": 62.385,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65448,
    "c": 0.12029,
    "h": 247.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E96D6

secondary

#DBBEA4

accent

#8F42E5

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E96D6

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

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