#4E9DC9#4E9DC9

#4E9DC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.101 H 235.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9DC9
RGB	rgb(78, 157, 201)
HSL	hsl(201, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(201, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 21.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.61, -11.05, -29.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.61, 31.84, 249.70°)
OKLab	oklab(66.42% -0.0574 -0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(66.42% 0.101 235.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.7374, 29.9482, 59.6712)
Luminance	0.2995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9DC9 #C97A4E

analogous

#4EC9B7 #4E9DC9 #4E60C9

triadic

#4E9DC9 #C94E9D #9DC94E

tetradic

#4E9DC9 #B74EC9 #C97A4E #60C94E

square

#4E9DC9 #B74EC9 #C97A4E #60C94E

split-complementary

#4E9DC9 #C94E60 #C9B74E

monochromatic

#255A78 #337DA7 #4E9DC9 #7DB7D7 #ACD1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#4E9DC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.99

#4E9DC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9DC9

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9DC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9DC9	1.00	3.00	6.99	6.99
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#889CCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778FC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9dc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 157, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.101 235.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb9d9',
    500: '#4e9dc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9dc9;
$custom-light: #8bb9d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9dc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.463,
    "s": 53.247,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66421,
    "c": 0.10141,
    "h": 235.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9DC9

secondary

#D3B29F

accent

#7F4BDD

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1114

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9DC9

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

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