#4E9CDD#4E9CDD

#4E9CDD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.124 H 246.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9CDD
RGB	rgb(78, 156, 221)
HSL	hsl(207, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(207, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 29.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.18, -3.99, -40.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.18, 40.31, 264.32°)
OKLab	oklab(67.16% -0.0499 -0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(67.16% 0.124 246.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.0766, 30.6143, 72.8221)
Luminance	0.3062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9CDD #DD8F4E

analogous

#4EDDD7 #4E9CDD #4E54DD

triadic

#4E9CDD #DD4E9C #9CDD4E

tetradic

#4E9CDD #D74EDD #DD8F4E #54DD4E

square

#4E9CDD #D74EDD #DD8F4E #54DD4E

split-complementary

#4E9CDD #DD4E54 #DDD74E

monochromatic

#1C5E94 #267EC7 #4E9CDD #81B9E7 #B5D5F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#4E9CDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#4E9CDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9CDD

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9CDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9CDD	1.00	2.95	7.12	7.12
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F9EE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C90DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9cdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 156, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.124 246.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8db9e8',
    500: '#4e9cdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9cdd;
$custom-light: #8db9e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9cdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.273,
    "s": 67.773,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67156,
    "c": 0.12372,
    "h": 246.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9CDD

secondary

#E0C1A7

accent

#8C3DEB

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9CDD

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

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