#4E9CD4#4E9CD4

#4E9CD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.113 H 242.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9CD4
RGB	rgb(78, 156, 212)
HSL	hsl(205, 61%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(205, 63%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 26.4%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.78, -6.95, -35.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.78, 36.40, 259.00°)
OKLab	oklab(66.71% -0.0527 -0.1005)
OKLCH	oklch(66.71% 0.113 242.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.9095, 30.1474, 66.6755)
Luminance	0.3015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9CD4 #D4864E

analogous

#4ED4C9 #4E9CD4 #4E59D4

triadic

#4E9CD4 #D44E9C #9CD44E

tetradic

#4E9CD4 #C94ED4 #D4864E #59D44E

square

#4E9CD4 #C94ED4 #D4864E #59D44E

split-complementary

#4E9CD4 #D44E59 #D4C94E

monochromatic

#215C87 #2D7EB8 #4E9CD4 #7FB8E0 #B0D3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#4E9CD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#4E9CD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9CD4

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9CD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9CD4	1.00	2.99	7.03	7.03
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#839DD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#718FD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9cd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 156, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.113 242.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb9e1',
    500: '#4e9cd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9cd4;
$custom-light: #8cb9e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9cd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.075,
    "s": 60.909,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6671,
    "c": 0.11349,
    "h": 242.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9CD4

secondary

#DABAA4

accent

#8744E4

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9CD4

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

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