#4E9BC6#4E9BC6

#4E9BC6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.099 H 235.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9BC6
RGB	rgb(78, 155, 198)
HSL	hsl(202, 51%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(202, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 21.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.90, -10.89, -29.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.90, 31.23, 249.59°)
OKLab	oklab(65.82% -0.0563 -0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(65.82% 0.099 235.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.0524, 29.1372, 57.7189)
Luminance	0.2914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9BC6 #C6794E

analogous

#4EC6B5 #4E9BC6 #4E5FC6

triadic

#4E9BC6 #C64E9B #9BC64E

tetradic

#4E9BC6 #B54EC6 #C6794E #5FC64E

square

#4E9BC6 #B54EC6 #C6794E #5FC64E

split-complementary

#4E9BC6 #C64E5F #C6B54E

monochromatic

#255874 #347BA2 #4E9BC6 #7CB5D5 #ABCFE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#4E9BC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#4E9BC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9BC6

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9BC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9BC6	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)

#879AC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768EC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9bc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 155, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.099 235.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab8d7',
    500: '#4e9bc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9bc6;
$custom-light: #8ab8d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9bc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.5,
    "s": 51.282,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65819,
    "c": 0.09941,
    "h": 235.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9BC6

secondary

#D1B19E

accent

#804DDB

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9BC6

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

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