#4E9BC8#4E9BC8

#4E9BC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.101 H 236.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9BC8
RGB	rgb(78, 155, 200)
HSL	hsl(202, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(202, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 22.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.98, -10.26, -30.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.98, 31.96, 251.28°)
OKLab	oklab(65.91% -0.0556 -0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(65.91% 0.101 236.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.2846, 29.2301, 58.9419)
Luminance	0.2923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9BC8 #C87B4E

analogous

#4EC8B8 #4E9BC8 #4E5EC8

triadic

#4E9BC8 #C84E9B #9BC84E

tetradic

#4E9BC8 #B84EC8 #C87B4E #5EC84E

square

#4E9BC8 #B84EC8 #C87B4E #5EC84E

split-complementary

#4E9BC8 #C84E5E #C8B84E

monochromatic

#255977 #337BA5 #4E9BC8 #7DB5D7 #ABD0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#4E9BC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#4E9BC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9BC8

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9BC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9BC8	1.00	3.07	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#869ACA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#758EC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9bc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 155, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.101 236.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab8d9',
    500: '#4e9bc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9bc8;
$custom-light: #8ab8d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9bc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.131,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65911,
    "c": 0.10139,
    "h": 236.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9BC8

secondary

#D3B29F

accent

#814CDC

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1114

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9BC8

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

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