#4E96E5#4E96E5

#4E96E5 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.139 H 252.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E96E5
RGB	rgb(78, 150, 229)
HSL	hsl(211, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(211, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 34.5%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.86, 2.14, -46.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.86, 46.67, 272.63°)
OKLab	oklab(66.24% -0.0417 -0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(66.24% 0.139 252.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.1859, 29.0867, 78.2424)
Luminance	0.2909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E96E5 #E59D4E

analogous

#4EE1E5 #4E96E5 #524EE5

triadic

#4E96E5 #E54E96 #96E54E

tetradic

#4E96E5 #E54EE1 #E59D4E #4EE552

square

#4E96E5 #E54EE1 #E59D4E #4EE552

split-complementary

#4E96E5 #E5524E #E1E54E

monochromatic

#1859A1 #1F77D6 #4E96E5 #83B6ED #B9D5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#4E96E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#4E96E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E96E5

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E96E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E96E5	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#739BE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E8CE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e96e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 150, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.139 252.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eb4ed',
    500: '#4e96e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e96e5;
$custom-light: #8eb4ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e96e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.391,
    "s": 74.384,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66241,
    "c": 0.13866,
    "h": 252.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E96E5

secondary

#E4C9AA

accent

#770FD7

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E96E5

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

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