#4E9CC8#4E9CC8

#4E9CC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.101 H 235.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9CC8
RGB	rgb(78, 156, 200)
HSL	hsl(202, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(202, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 22%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.28, -10.81, -29.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.28, 31.71, 250.07°)
OKLab	oklab(66.14% -0.0567 -0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(66.14% 0.101 235.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.4517, 29.5643, 58.9976)
Luminance	0.2957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9CC8 #C87A4E

analogous

#4EC8B7 #4E9CC8 #4E5FC8

triadic

#4E9CC8 #C84E9C #9CC84E

tetradic

#4E9CC8 #B74EC8 #C87A4E #5FC84E

square

#4E9CC8 #B74EC8 #C87A4E #5FC84E

split-complementary

#4E9CC8 #C84E5F #C8B74E

monochromatic

#255977 #337CA5 #4E9CC8 #7DB6D7 #ABD0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#4E9CC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#4E9CC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9CC8

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9CC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9CC8	1.00	3.04	6.91	6.91
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#879BCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768EC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9cc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 156, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.101 235.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab9d9',
    500: '#4e9cc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9cc8;
$custom-light: #8ab9d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9cc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.639,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66143,
    "c": 0.1009,
    "h": 235.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9CC8

secondary

#D3B29F

accent

#804CDC

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1114

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9CC8

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

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