#4E9DCD#4E9DCD

#4E9DCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.105 H 237.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9DCD
RGB	rgb(78, 157, 205)
HSL	hsl(203, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(203, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 23.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.77, -9.77, -31.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.77, 33.30, 252.94°)
OKLab	oklab(66.61% -0.056 -0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(66.61% 0.105 237.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.2141, 30.1388, 62.1817)
Luminance	0.3014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9DCD #CD7E4E

analogous

#4ECDBD #4E9DCD #4E5DCD

triadic

#4E9DCD #CD4E9D #9DCD4E

tetradic

#4E9DCD #BD4ECD #CD7E4E #5DCD4E

square

#4E9DCD #BD4ECD #CD7E4E #5DCD4E

split-complementary

#4E9DCD #CD4E5D #CDBD4E

monochromatic

#235B7D #317EAD #4E9DCD #7EB7DA #ADD2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#4E9DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#4E9DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9DCD

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9DCD	1.00	2.99	7.03	7.03
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#879CCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7590CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 157, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.105 237.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb9dc',
    500: '#4e9dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9dcd;
$custom-light: #8bb9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.677,
    "s": 55.947,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66606,
    "c": 0.10542,
    "h": 237.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9DCD

secondary

#D6B5A1

accent

#8249DF

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9DCD

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

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