#4E9ACD#4E9ACD

#4E9ACD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.107 H 240.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9ACD
RGB	rgb(78, 154, 205)
HSL	hsl(204, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(204, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 24.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.90, -8.10, -33.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.90, 34.17, 256.29°)
OKLab	oklab(65.91% -0.0528 -0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(65.91% 0.107 240.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.7128, 29.1362, 62.0145)
Luminance	0.2914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9ACD #CD814E

analogous

#4ECDC0 #4E9ACD #4E5BCD

triadic

#4E9ACD #CD4E9A #9ACD4E

tetradic

#4E9ACD #C04ECD #CD814E #5BCD4E

square

#4E9ACD #C04ECD #CD814E #5BCD4E

split-complementary

#4E9ACD #CD4E5B #CDC04E

monochromatic

#23597D #317BAD #4E9ACD #7EB5DA #ADD0E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#4E9ACD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#4E9ACD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9ACD

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9ACD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9ACD	1.00	3.08	6.83	6.83
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#839ACF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#728DCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9acd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 154, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.107 240.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb7dc',
    500: '#4e9acd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9acd;
$custom-light: #8bb7dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9acd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.094,
    "s": 55.947,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65914,
    "c": 0.10715,
    "h": 240.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9ACD

secondary

#D6B6A1

accent

#8549DF

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9ACD

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

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