#4E9CCC#4E9CCC

#4E9CCC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.105 H 238.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9CCC
RGB	rgb(78, 156, 204)
HSL	hsl(203, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(203, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 23.5%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.44, -9.53, -31.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.44, 33.20, 253.31°)
OKLab	oklab(66.33% -0.0553 -0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(66.33% 0.105 238.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.9253, 29.7537, 61.4918)
Luminance	0.2976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9CCC #CC7E4E

analogous

#4ECCBD #4E9CCC #4E5DCC

triadic

#4E9CCC #CC4E9C #9CCC4E

tetradic

#4E9CCC #BD4ECC #CC7E4E #5DCC4E

square

#4E9CCC #BD4ECC #CC7E4E #5DCC4E

split-complementary

#4E9CCC #CC4E5D #CCBD4E

monochromatic

#245A7C #317DAB #4E9CCC #7EB7DA #ADD1E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#4E9CCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#4E9CCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9CCC

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9CCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9CCC	1.00	3.02	6.95	6.95
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#869BCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#758FCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9ccc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 156, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.105 238.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb9db',
    500: '#4e9ccc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9ccc;
$custom-light: #8bb9db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9ccc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.857,
    "s": 55.263,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66328,
    "c": 0.10494,
    "h": 238.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9CCC

secondary

#D5B5A1

accent

#8249DF

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9CCC

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

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