#4E9AC8#4E9AC8

#4E9AC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.102 H 237.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9AC8
RGB	rgb(78, 154, 200)
HSL	hsl(203, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(203, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 23%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.69, -9.70, -30.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.69, 32.22, 252.47°)
OKLab	oklab(65.68% -0.0545 -0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(65.68% 0.102 237.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.1189, 28.8986, 58.8866)
Luminance	0.2890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9AC8 #C87C4E

analogous

#4EC8B9 #4E9AC8 #4E5DC8

triadic

#4E9AC8 #C84E9A #9AC84E

tetradic

#4E9AC8 #B94EC8 #C87C4E #5DC84E

square

#4E9AC8 #B94EC8 #C87C4E #5DC84E

split-complementary

#4E9AC8 #C84E5D #C8B94E

monochromatic

#255877 #337AA5 #4E9AC8 #7DB5D7 #ABCFE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#4E9AC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#4E9AC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9AC8

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9AC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9AC8	1.00	3.10	6.78	6.78
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8599CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#748DC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9ac8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 154, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.102 237.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab7d9',
    500: '#4e9ac8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9ac8;
$custom-light: #8ab7d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9ac8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.623,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65679,
    "c": 0.10191,
    "h": 237.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9AC8

secondary

#D3B39F

accent

#824CDC

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1114

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9AC8

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

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