#4E9DC2#4E9DC2

#4E9DC2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.095 H 230.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9DC2
RGB	rgb(78, 157, 194)
HSL	hsl(199, 49%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(199, 60%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 19.1%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.33, -13.25, -26.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.33, 29.51, 243.32°)
OKLab	oklab(66.11% -0.0599 -0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(66.11% 0.095 230.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.9327, 29.6263, 55.4330)
Luminance	0.2963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9DC2 #C2734E

analogous

#4EC2AD #4E9DC2 #4E63C2

triadic

#4E9DC2 #C24E9D #9DC24E

tetradic

#4E9DC2 #AD4EC2 #C2734E #63C24E

square

#4E9DC2 #AD4EC2 #C2734E #63C24E

split-complementary

#4E9DC2 #C24E63 #C2AD4E

monochromatic

#26586F #367C9D #4E9DC2 #7CB6D2 #A9CFE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#4E9DC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#4E9DC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9DC2

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9DC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9DC2	1.00	3.03	6.93	6.93
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9BC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8FC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9dc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 157, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.095 230.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abad4',
    500: '#4e9dc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9dc2;
$custom-light: #8abad4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9dc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.138,
    "s": 48.739,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66107,
    "c": 0.09491,
    "h": 230.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9DC2

secondary

#CFAD9D

accent

#7B50D8

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9DC2

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

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