#4E9CD9#4E9CD9

#4E9CD9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.119 H 244.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9CD9
RGB	rgb(78, 156, 217)
HSL	hsl(206, 65%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(206, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 28.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.00, -5.31, -38.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.00, 38.54, 262.08°)
OKLab	oklab(66.96% -0.0511 -0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(66.96% 0.119 244.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.5500, 30.4036, 70.0488)
Luminance	0.3041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9CD9 #D98B4E

analogous

#4ED9D0 #4E9CD9 #4E56D9

triadic

#4E9CD9 #D94E9C #9CD94E

tetradic

#4E9CD9 #D04ED9 #D98B4E #56D94E

square

#4E9CD9 #D04ED9 #D98B4E #56D94E

split-complementary

#4E9CD9 #D94E56 #D9D04E

monochromatic

#1F5D8E #297EC0 #4E9CD9 #80B8E4 #B3D4EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#4E9CD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#4E9CD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9CD9

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9CD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9CD9	1.00	2.97	7.08	7.08
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#819DDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E90D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9cd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 156, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.119 244.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8db9e5',
    500: '#4e9cd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9cd9;
$custom-light: #8db9e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9cd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.331,
    "s": 64.651,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66955,
    "c": 0.11911,
    "h": 244.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9CD9

secondary

#DDBEA6

accent

#8A40E8

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9CD9

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

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