#4E96E8#4E96E8

#4E96E8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.142 H 253.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E96E8
RGB	rgb(78, 150, 232)
HSL	hsl(212, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(212, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 35.3%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.01, 3.16, -48.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.01, 48.16, 273.76°)
OKLab	oklab(66.41% -0.0409 -0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(66.41% 0.142 253.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.6084, 29.2557, 80.4675)
Luminance	0.2926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E96E8 #E8A04E

analogous

#4EE3E8 #4E96E8 #534EE8

triadic

#4E96E8 #E84E96 #96E84E

tetradic

#4E96E8 #E84EE3 #E8A04E #4EE853

square

#4E96E8 #E84EE3 #E8A04E #4EE853

split-complementary

#4E96E8 #E8534E #E3E84E

monochromatic

#1659A6 #1D76DC #4E96E8 #84B6EF #BAD6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#4E96E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#4E96E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E96E8

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E96E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E96E8	1.00	3.06	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#729BEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C8DE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e96e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 150, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.142 253.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fb4f0',
    500: '#4e96e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e96e8;
$custom-light: #8fb4f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e96e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.948,
    "s": 77,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66406,
    "c": 0.14242,
    "h": 253.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E96E8

secondary

#E6CBAC

accent

#790CD9

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E96E8

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

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