#4E9BCD#4E9BCD

#4E9BCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.107 H 239.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9BCD
RGB	rgb(78, 155, 205)
HSL	hsl(204, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(204, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 24.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.19, -8.66, -32.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.19, 33.87, 255.19°)
OKLab	oklab(66.15% -0.0539 -0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(66.15% 0.107 239.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.8785, 29.4676, 62.0698)
Luminance	0.2947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9BCD #CD804E

analogous

#4ECDBF #4E9BCD #4E5BCD

triadic

#4E9BCD #CD4E9B #9BCD4E

tetradic

#4E9BCD #BF4ECD #CD804E #5BCD4E

square

#4E9BCD #BF4ECD #CD804E #5BCD4E

split-complementary

#4E9BCD #CD4E5B #CDBF4E

monochromatic

#235A7D #317CAD #4E9BCD #7EB6DA #ADD1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#4E9BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#4E9BCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9BCD

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9BCD	1.00	3.05	6.89	6.89
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#849BCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#738ECC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 155, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.107 239.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb8dc',
    500: '#4e9bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9bcd;
$custom-light: #8bb8dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.622,
    "s": 55.947,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66145,
    "c": 0.10655,
    "h": 239.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9BCD

secondary

#D6B6A1

accent

#8449DF

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9BCD

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

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