#4E9BC9#4E9BC9

#4E9BC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.102 H 237.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9BC9
RGB	rgb(78, 155, 201)
HSL	hsl(202, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(202, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 22.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.03, -9.94, -30.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.03, 32.33, 252.10°)
OKLab	oklab(65.96% -0.0553 -0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(65.96% 0.102 237.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.4018, 29.2770, 59.5594)
Luminance	0.2928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9BC9 #C97C4E

analogous

#4EC9BA #4E9BC9 #4E5EC9

triadic

#4E9BC9 #C94E9B #9BC94E

tetradic

#4E9BC9 #BA4EC9 #C97C4E #5EC94E

square

#4E9BC9 #BA4EC9 #C97C4E #5EC94E

split-complementary

#4E9BC9 #C94E5E #C9BA4E

monochromatic

#255978 #337CA7 #4E9BC9 #7DB5D7 #ACD0E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#4E9BC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#4E9BC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9BC9

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9BC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9BC9	1.00	3.06	6.86	6.86
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#869ACB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#758EC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9bc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 155, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.102 237.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab8d9',
    500: '#4e9bc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9bc9;
$custom-light: #8ab8d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9bc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.439,
    "s": 53.247,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65957,
    "c": 0.1024,
    "h": 237.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9BC9

secondary

#D3B39F

accent

#824BDD

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1114

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9BC9

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

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