#4E9CE5#4E9CE5

#4E9CE5 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.133 H 249.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9CE5
RGB	rgb(78, 156, 229)
HSL	hsl(209, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(209, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 31.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.55, -1.32, -43.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.55, 43.98, 268.27°)
OKLab	oklab(67.57% -0.0476 -0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(67.57% 0.133 249.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.1679, 31.0508, 78.5698)
Luminance	0.3105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9CE5 #E5974E

analogous

#4EE5E3 #4E9CE5 #4E50E5

triadic

#4E9CE5 #E54E9C #9CE54E

tetradic

#4E9CE5 #E34EE5 #E5974E #50E54E

square

#4E9CE5 #E34EE5 #E5974E #50E54E

split-complementary

#4E9CE5 #E54E50 #E5E34E

monochromatic

#185FA1 #1F7ED6 #4E9CE5 #83BAED #B9D8F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#4E9CE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#4E9CE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9CE5

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9CE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9CE5	1.00	2.91	7.21	7.21
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C9FE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6791E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9ce5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 156, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.133 249.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eb8ed',
    500: '#4e9ce5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9ce5;
$custom-light: #8eb8ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9ce5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.007,
    "s": 74.384,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67569,
    "c": 0.1332,
    "h": 249.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9CE5

secondary

#E4C6AA

accent

#6F0FD7

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9CE5

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

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