#4E9ACE#4E9ACE

#4E9ACE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.108 H 241.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9ACE
RGB	rgb(78, 154, 206)
HSL	hsl(204, 57%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(204, 62%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 25.2%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.94, -7.77, -33.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.94, 34.57, 257.01°)
OKLab	oklab(65.96% -0.0525 -0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(65.96% 0.108 241)
XYZ	xyz(25.8339, 29.1846, 62.6523)
Luminance	0.2919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9ACE #CE824E

analogous

#4ECEC2 #4E9ACE #4E5ACE

triadic

#4E9ACE #CE4E9A #9ACE4E

tetradic

#4E9ACE #C24ECE #CE824E #5ACE4E

square

#4E9ACE #C24ECE #CE824E #5ACE4E

split-complementary

#4E9ACE #CE4E5A #CEC24E

monochromatic

#23597F #307BAE #4E9ACE #7EB5DB #AED1E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#4E9ACE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.84

#4E9ACE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9ACE

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9ACE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9ACE	1.00	3.07	6.84	6.84
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#839AD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#718DCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9ace;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 154, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.108 241.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb7dd',
    500: '#4e9ace',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9ace;
$custom-light: #8bb7dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9ace",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.375,
    "s": 56.637,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65962,
    "c": 0.10823,
    "h": 241
  },
  "luminance": 0.29187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9ACE

secondary

#D7B7A1

accent

#8648E0

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9ACE

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

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