#4E9DC3#4E9DC3

#4E9DC3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.096 H 231.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9DC3
RGB	rgb(78, 157, 195)
HSL	hsl(199, 49%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(199, 60%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 19.5%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.37, -12.94, -26.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.37, 29.82, 244.29°)
OKLab	oklab(66.15% -0.0595 -0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(66.15% 0.096 231.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.0454, 29.6714, 56.0264)
Luminance	0.2967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9DC3 #C3744E

analogous

#4EC3AE #4E9DC3 #4E62C3

triadic

#4E9DC3 #C34E9D #9DC34E

tetradic

#4E9DC3 #AE4EC3 #C3744E #62C34E

square

#4E9DC3 #AE4EC3 #C3744E #62C34E

split-complementary

#4E9DC3 #C34E62 #C3AE4E

monochromatic

#265870 #367C9E #4E9DC3 #7CB6D2 #A9D0E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#4E9DC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#4E9DC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9DC3

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9DC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9DC3	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)

#8A9BC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8FC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9dc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 157, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.096 231.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abad5',
    500: '#4e9dc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9dc3;
$custom-light: #8abad5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9dc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.487,
    "s": 49.367,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66151,
    "c": 0.09579,
    "h": 231.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9DC3

secondary

#CFAE9D

accent

#7C4FD9

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9DC3

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

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