#4E9BCB#4E9BCB

#4E9BCB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.104 H 238.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9BCB
RGB	rgb(78, 155, 203)
HSL	hsl(203, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(203, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 23.6%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.11, -9.30, -31.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.11, 33.09, 253.68°)
OKLab	oklab(66.05% -0.0546 -0.0891)
OKLCH	oklch(66.05% 0.104 238.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.6386, 29.3717, 60.8065)
Luminance	0.2937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9BCB #CB7E4E

analogous

#4ECBBC #4E9BCB #4E5CCB

triadic

#4E9BCB #CB4E9B #9BCB4E

tetradic

#4E9BCB #BC4ECB #CB7E4E #5CCB4E

square

#4E9BCB #BC4ECB #CB7E4E #5CCB4E

split-complementary

#4E9BCB #CB4E5C #CBBC4E

monochromatic

#24597B #327CAA #4E9BCB #7DB6D9 #ADD0E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#4E9BCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#4E9BCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9BCB

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9BCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9BCB	1.00	3.05	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#859BCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#748ECA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9bcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 155, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.104 238.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb8db',
    500: '#4e9bcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9bcb;
$custom-light: #8bb8db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9bcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.04,
    "s": 54.585,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6605,
    "c": 0.10445,
    "h": 238.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9BCB

secondary

#D5B4A0

accent

#834ADE

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9BCB

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

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