#4E9DC8#4E9DC8

#4E9DC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.100 H 234.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9DC8
RGB	rgb(78, 157, 200)
HSL	hsl(201, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(201, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 21.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.57, -11.36, -29.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.57, 31.48, 248.85°)
OKLab	oklab(66.38% -0.0578 -0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(66.38% 0.1 234.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.6202, 29.9013, 59.0537)
Luminance	0.2990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9DC8 #C8794E

analogous

#4EC8B6 #4E9DC8 #4E60C8

triadic

#4E9DC8 #C84E9D #9DC84E

tetradic

#4E9DC8 #B64EC8 #C8794E #60C84E

square

#4E9DC8 #B64EC8 #C8794E #60C84E

split-complementary

#4E9DC8 #C84E60 #C8B64E

monochromatic

#255A77 #337DA5 #4E9DC8 #7DB7D7 #ABD1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#4E9DC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#4E9DC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9DC8

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9DC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9DC8	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#889CCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#788FC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9dc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 157, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.100 234.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab9d9',
    500: '#4e9dc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9dc8;
$custom-light: #8ab9d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9dc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.148,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66375,
    "c": 0.10045,
    "h": 234.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9DC8

secondary

#D3B19F

accent

#7F4CDC

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1114

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9DC8

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

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