#4E9CC9#4E9CC9

#4E9CC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.102 H 236.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9CC9
RGB	rgb(78, 156, 201)
HSL	hsl(202, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(202, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 22.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.32, -10.49, -30.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.32, 32.08, 250.91°)
OKLab	oklab(66.19% -0.0563 -0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(66.19% 0.102 236.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.5690, 29.6112, 59.6151)
Luminance	0.2961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9CC9 #C97B4E

analogous

#4EC9B8 #4E9CC9 #4E5FC9

triadic

#4E9CC9 #C94E9C #9CC94E

tetradic

#4E9CC9 #B84EC9 #C97B4E #5FC94E

square

#4E9CC9 #B84EC9 #C97B4E #5FC94E

split-complementary

#4E9CC9 #C94E5F #C9B84E

monochromatic

#255978 #337CA7 #4E9CC9 #7DB6D7 #ACD0E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#4E9CC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#4E9CC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9CC9

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9CC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9CC9	1.00	3.03	6.92	6.92
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#879BCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768FC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9cc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 156, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.102 236.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab9d9',
    500: '#4e9cc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9cc9;
$custom-light: #8ab9d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9cc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.951,
    "s": 53.247,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66189,
    "c": 0.10189,
    "h": 236.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9CC9

secondary

#D3B29F

accent

#804BDD

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1114

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9CC9

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

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