#4E9BCE#4E9BCE

#4E9BCE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.108 H 240.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9BCE
RGB	rgb(78, 155, 206)
HSL	hsl(204, 57%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(204, 62%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 24.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.23, -8.33, -33.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.23, 34.26, 255.92°)
OKLab	oklab(66.19% -0.0536 -0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(66.19% 0.108 240.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.9996, 29.5161, 62.7075)
Luminance	0.2952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9BCE #CE814E

analogous

#4ECEC1 #4E9BCE #4E5BCE

triadic

#4E9BCE #CE4E9B #9BCE4E

tetradic

#4E9BCE #C14ECE #CE814E #5BCE4E

square

#4E9BCE #C14ECE #CE814E #5BCE4E

split-complementary

#4E9BCE #CE4E5B #CEC14E

monochromatic

#235A7F #307CAE #4E9BCE #7EB6DB #AED1E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#4E9BCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#4E9BCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9BCE

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9BCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9BCE	1.00	3.04	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#849BD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#728ECD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9bce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 155, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.108 240.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb8dd',
    500: '#4e9bce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9bce;
$custom-light: #8bb8dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9bce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.906,
    "s": 56.637,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66192,
    "c": 0.10762,
    "h": 240.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9BCE

secondary

#D7B6A1

accent

#8448E0

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9BCE

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

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