#4E9DC5#4E9DC5

#4E9DC5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.098 H 232.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9DC5
RGB	rgb(78, 157, 197)
HSL	hsl(200, 51%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(200, 60%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 20.3%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.45, -12.31, -27.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.45, 30.47, 246.17°)
OKLab	oklab(66.24% -0.0588 -0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(66.24% 0.098 232.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.2730, 29.7624, 57.2253)
Luminance	0.2977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9DC5 #C5764E

analogous

#4EC5B2 #4E9DC5 #4E62C5

triadic

#4E9DC5 #C54E9D #9DC54E

tetradic

#4E9DC5 #B24EC5 #C5764E #62C54E

square

#4E9DC5 #B24EC5 #C5764E #62C54E

split-complementary

#4E9DC5 #C54E62 #C5B24E

monochromatic

#265973 #357DA1 #4E9DC5 #7CB7D4 #AAD0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#4E9DC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#4E9DC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9DC5

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9DC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9DC5	1.00	3.02	6.95	6.95
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899BC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798FC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9dc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 157, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.098 232.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abad6',
    500: '#4e9dc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9dc5;
$custom-light: #8abad6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9dc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.168,
    "s": 50.638,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6624,
    "c": 0.09762,
    "h": 232.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9DC5

secondary

#D1AF9E

accent

#7D4EDA

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9DC5

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

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