#4E9BDD#4E9BDD

#4E9BDD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.125 H 246.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9BDD
RGB	rgb(78, 155, 221)
HSL	hsl(208, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(208, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 29.9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.90, -3.42, -40.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.90, 40.70, 265.18°)
OKLab	oklab(66.93% -0.0489 -0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(66.93% 0.125 246.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.9095, 30.2800, 72.7664)
Luminance	0.3028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9BDD #DD904E

analogous

#4EDDD7 #4E9BDD #4E53DD

triadic

#4E9BDD #DD4E9B #9BDD4E

tetradic

#4E9BDD #D74EDD #DD904E #53DD4E

square

#4E9BDD #D74EDD #DD904E #53DD4E

split-complementary

#4E9BDD #DD4E53 #DDD74E

monochromatic

#1C5D94 #267DC7 #4E9BDD #81B8E7 #B5D5F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#4E9BDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#4E9BDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9BDD

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9BDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9BDD	1.00	2.98	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E9DE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A8FDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9bdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 155, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.125 246.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8db8e8',
    500: '#4e9bdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9bdd;
$custom-light: #8db8e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9bdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.692,
    "s": 67.773,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66931,
    "c": 0.12452,
    "h": 246.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9BDD

secondary

#E0C1A7

accent

#8D3DEB

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9BDD

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

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