#4E9DC6#4E9DC6

#4E9DC6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.099 H 233.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9DC6
RGB	rgb(78, 157, 198)
HSL	hsl(201, 51%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(201, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 20.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.49, -11.99, -28.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.49, 30.80, 247.08°)
OKLab	oklab(66.29% -0.0585 -0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(66.29% 0.099 233.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.3880, 29.8084, 57.8308)
Luminance	0.2981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9DC6 #C6774E

analogous

#4EC6B3 #4E9DC6 #4E61C6

triadic

#4E9DC6 #C64E9D #9DC64E

tetradic

#4E9DC6 #B34EC6 #C6774E #61C64E

square

#4E9DC6 #B34EC6 #C6774E #61C64E

split-complementary

#4E9DC6 #C64E61 #C6B34E

monochromatic

#255974 #347DA2 #4E9DC6 #7CB7D5 #ABD0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#4E9DC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#4E9DC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9DC6

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9DC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9DC6	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899BC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#788FC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9dc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 157, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.099 233.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab9d7',
    500: '#4e9dc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9dc6;
$custom-light: #8ab9d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9dc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.5,
    "s": 51.282,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66285,
    "c": 0.09854,
    "h": 233.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9DC6

secondary

#D1B09E

accent

#7D4DDB

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1114

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9DC6

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

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