#4E9DC4#4E9DC4

#4E9DC4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.097 H 232.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9DC4
RGB	rgb(78, 157, 196)
HSL	hsl(200, 50%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(200, 60%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 19.9%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.41, -12.62, -27.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.41, 30.14, 245.24°)
OKLab	oklab(66.2% -0.0592 -0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(66.2% 0.097 232.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.1588, 29.7167, 56.6239)
Luminance	0.2972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9DC4 #C4754E

analogous

#4EC4B0 #4E9DC4 #4E62C4

triadic

#4E9DC4 #C44E9D #9DC44E

tetradic

#4E9DC4 #B04EC4 #C4754E #62C44E

square

#4E9DC4 #B04EC4 #C4754E #62C44E

split-complementary

#4E9DC4 #C44E62 #C4B04E

monochromatic

#265972 #357CA0 #4E9DC4 #7CB6D3 #AAD0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#4E9DC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#4E9DC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9DC4

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9DC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9DC4	1.00	3.02	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9BC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798FC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9dc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 157, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.097 232.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abad6',
    500: '#4e9dc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9dc4;
$custom-light: #8abad6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9dc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.831,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66195,
    "c": 0.0967,
    "h": 232.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9DC4

secondary

#D0AE9E

accent

#7C4EDA

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9DC4

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

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