#4E9CCD#4E9CCD

#4E9CCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.106 H 238.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9CCD
RGB	rgb(78, 156, 205)
HSL	hsl(203, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(203, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 23.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.48, -9.21, -32.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.48, 33.58, 254.08°)
OKLab	oklab(66.38% -0.055 -0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(66.38% 0.106 238.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.0456, 29.8019, 62.1255)
Luminance	0.2980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9CCD #CD7F4E

analogous

#4ECDBF #4E9CCD #4E5CCD

triadic

#4E9CCD #CD4E9C #9CCD4E

tetradic

#4E9CCD #BF4ECD #CD7F4E #5CCD4E

square

#4E9CCD #BF4ECD #CD7F4E #5CCD4E

split-complementary

#4E9CCD #CD4E5C #CDBF4E

monochromatic

#235B7D #317DAD #4E9CCD #7EB7DA #ADD1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#4E9CCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#4E9CCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9CCD

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9CCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9CCD	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#859CCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#748FCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9ccd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 156, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.106 238.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb9dc',
    500: '#4e9ccd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9ccd;
$custom-light: #8bb9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9ccd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.15,
    "s": 55.947,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66375,
    "c": 0.10598,
    "h": 238.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9CCD

secondary

#D6B5A1

accent

#8349DF

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9CCD

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

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