#4E9CC5#4E9CC5

#4E9CC5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.098 H 233.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9CC5
RGB	rgb(78, 156, 197)
HSL	hsl(201, 51%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(201, 60%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 20.8%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.16, -11.76, -28.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.16, 30.67, 247.45°)
OKLab	oklab(66.01% -0.0577 -0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(66.01% 0.098 233.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.1045, 29.4254, 57.1692)
Luminance	0.2943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9CC5 #C5774E

analogous

#4EC5B2 #4E9CC5 #4E61C5

triadic

#4E9CC5 #C54E9C #9CC54E

tetradic

#4E9CC5 #B24EC5 #C5774E #61C54E

square

#4E9CC5 #B24EC5 #C5774E #61C54E

split-complementary

#4E9CC5 #C54E61 #C5B24E

monochromatic

#265873 #357CA1 #4E9CC5 #7CB6D4 #AAD0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#4E9CC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#4E9CC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9CC5

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9CC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9CC5	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)

#889BC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#788EC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9cc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 156, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.098 233.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab9d6',
    500: '#4e9cc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9cc5;
$custom-light: #8ab9d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9cc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.672,
    "s": 50.638,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66007,
    "c": 0.09801,
    "h": 233.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9CC5

secondary

#D1B09E

accent

#7E4EDA

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9CC5

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

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