#4E9CE6#4E9CE6

#4E9CE6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.134 H 249.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9CE6
RGB	rgb(78, 156, 230)
HSL	hsl(209, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(209, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 32.2%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.60, -0.99, -44.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.60, 44.45, 268.73°)
OKLab	oklab(67.62% -0.0473 -0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(67.62% 0.134 249.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.3080, 31.1068, 79.3072)
Luminance	0.3111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9CE6 #E6984E

analogous

#4EE6E4 #4E9CE6 #4E50E6

triadic

#4E9CE6 #E64E9C #9CE64E

tetradic

#4E9CE6 #E44EE6 #E6984E #50E64E

square

#4E9CE6 #E44EE6 #E6984E #50E64E

split-complementary

#4E9CE6 #E64E50 #E6E44E

monochromatic

#175FA3 #1F7ED8 #4E9CE6 #84BAEE #B9D8F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#4E9CE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#4E9CE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9CE6

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9CE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9CE6	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B9FE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6691E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9ce6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 156, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.134 249.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eb8ee',
    500: '#4e9ce6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9ce6;
$custom-light: #8eb8ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9ce6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.211,
    "s": 75.248,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67621,
    "c": 0.1344,
    "h": 249.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9CE6

secondary

#E5C7AB

accent

#700ED7

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9CE6

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

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