#4E9BC4#4E9BC4

#4E9BC4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.097 H 234.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9BC4
RGB	rgb(78, 155, 196)
HSL	hsl(201, 50%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(201, 60%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 20.9%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.82, -11.53, -28.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.82, 30.54, 247.82°)
OKLab	oklab(65.73% -0.057 -0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(65.73% 0.097 234.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.8232, 29.0455, 56.5120)
Luminance	0.2905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9BC4 #C4774E

analogous

#4EC4B2 #4E9BC4 #4E60C4

triadic

#4E9BC4 #C44E9B #9BC44E

tetradic

#4E9BC4 #B24EC4 #C4774E #60C44E

square

#4E9BC4 #B24EC4 #C4774E #60C44E

split-complementary

#4E9BC4 #C44E60 #C4B24E

monochromatic

#265772 #357BA0 #4E9BC4 #7CB5D3 #AACFE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#4E9BC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#4E9BC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9BC4

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9BC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9BC4	1.00	3.08	6.81	6.81
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#879AC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778DC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9bc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 155, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.097 234.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab8d6',
    500: '#4e9bc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9bc4;
$custom-light: #8ab8d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9bc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.847,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65728,
    "c": 0.09747,
    "h": 234.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9BC4

secondary

#D0AF9E

accent

#7F4EDA

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9BC4

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

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