#4E9CD0#4E9CD0

#4E9CD0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.109 H 240.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9CD0
RGB	rgb(78, 156, 208)
HSL	hsl(204, 58%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(204, 63%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 25%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.61, -8.25, -33.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.61, 34.76, 256.28°)
OKLab	oklab(66.52% -0.054 -0.0949)
OKLCH	oklch(66.52% 0.109 240.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.4112, 29.9481, 64.0510)
Luminance	0.2995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9CD0 #D0824E

analogous

#4ED0C3 #4E9CD0 #4E5BD0

triadic

#4E9CD0 #D04E9C #9CD04E

tetradic

#4E9CD0 #C34ED0 #D0824E #5BD04E

square

#4E9CD0 #C34ED0 #D0824E #5BD04E

split-complementary

#4E9CD0 #D04E5B #D0C34E

monochromatic

#225B81 #2F7DB2 #4E9CD0 #7EB7DD #AFD2EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#4E9CD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.99

#4E9CD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9CD0

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9CD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9CD0	1.00	3.00	6.99	6.99
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#849CD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#738FCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9cd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 156, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.109 240.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb9de',
    500: '#4e9cd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9cd0;
$custom-light: #8bb9de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9cd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 58.036,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66517,
    "c": 0.10914,
    "h": 240.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9CD0

secondary

#D8B8A2

accent

#8447E1

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9CD0

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

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