#4E96E3#4E96E3

#4E96E3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.136 H 251.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E96E3
RGB	rgb(78, 150, 227)
HSL	hsl(211, 73%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(211, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 33.9%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.76, 1.47, -45.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.76, 45.69, 271.84°)
OKLab	oklab(66.13% -0.0422 -0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(66.13% 0.136 251.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.9083, 28.9756, 76.7802)
Luminance	0.2898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E96E3 #E39B4E

analogous

#4EE0E3 #4E96E3 #514EE3

triadic

#4E96E3 #E34E96 #96E34E

tetradic

#4E96E3 #E34EE0 #E39B4E #4EE351

square

#4E96E3 #E34EE0 #E39B4E #4EE351

split-complementary

#4E96E3 #E3514E #E0E34E

monochromatic

#19599E #2177D3 #4E96E3 #83B5EB #B8D5F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#4E96E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#4E96E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E96E3

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E96E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E96E3	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#749AE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F8CE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e96e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 150, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.136 251.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eb4ec',
    500: '#4e96e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e96e3;
$custom-light: #8eb4ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e96e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.007,
    "s": 72.683,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66133,
    "c": 0.13617,
    "h": 251.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E96E3

secondary

#E3C7AA

accent

#9738EF

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E96E3

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

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