#4E9CC6#4E9CC6

#4E9CC6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.099 H 234.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9CC6
RGB	rgb(78, 156, 198)
HSL	hsl(201, 51%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(201, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 21.2%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.20, -11.44, -28.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.20, 31.01, 248.34°)
OKLab	oklab(66.05% -0.0574 -0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(66.05% 0.099 234.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.2195, 29.4714, 57.7746)
Luminance	0.2947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9CC6 #C6784E

analogous

#4EC6B4 #4E9CC6 #4E60C6

triadic

#4E9CC6 #C64E9C #9CC64E

tetradic

#4E9CC6 #B44EC6 #C6784E #60C64E

square

#4E9CC6 #B44EC6 #C6784E #60C64E

split-complementary

#4E9CC6 #C64E60 #C6B44E

monochromatic

#255974 #347CA2 #4E9CC6 #7CB6D5 #ABD0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#4E9CC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#4E9CC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9CC6

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9CC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9CC6	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)

#889BC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778EC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9cc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 156, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.099 234.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab9d7',
    500: '#4e9cc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9cc6;
$custom-light: #8ab9d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9cc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201,
    "s": 51.282,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66052,
    "c": 0.09895,
    "h": 234.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9CC6

secondary

#D1B09E

accent

#7F4DDB

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9CC6

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

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