#4E9DC0#4E9DC0

#4E9DC0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.093 H 229.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9DC0
RGB	rgb(78, 157, 192)
HSL	hsl(198, 48%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(198, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 18.2%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.25, -13.87, -25.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.25, 28.91, 241.33°)
OKLab	oklab(66.02% -0.0606 -0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(66.02% 0.093 229.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.7096, 29.5370, 54.2580)
Luminance	0.2954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9DC0 #C0714E

analogous

#4EC0AA #4E9DC0 #4E64C0

triadic

#4E9DC0 #C04E9D #9DC04E

tetradic

#4E9DC0 #AA4EC0 #C0714E #64C04E

square

#4E9DC0 #AA4EC0 #C0714E #64C04E

split-complementary

#4E9DC0 #C04E64 #C0AA4E

monochromatic

#27576D #377C9A #4E9DC0 #7BB6D0 #A8CFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#4E9DC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#4E9DC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9DC0

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9DC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9DC0	1.00	3.04	6.91	6.91
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9BC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8FC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9dc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 157, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.093 229.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bad3',
    500: '#4e9dc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9dc0;
$custom-light: #89bad3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9dc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.421,
    "s": 47.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66019,
    "c": 0.09318,
    "h": 229.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9DC0

secondary

#CEAB9C

accent

#7A51D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9DC0

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

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