#4E9DCE#4E9DCE

#4E9DCE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.106 H 238.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9DCE
RGB	rgb(78, 157, 206)
HSL	hsl(203, 57%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(203, 62%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 23.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.82, -9.45, -32.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.82, 33.69, 253.71°)
OKLab	oklab(66.65% -0.0557 -0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(66.65% 0.106 238.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.3352, 30.1873, 62.8194)
Luminance	0.3019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9DCE #CE7F4E

analogous

#4ECEBF #4E9DCE #4E5DCE

triadic

#4E9DCE #CE4E9D #9DCE4E

tetradic

#4E9DCE #BF4ECE #CE7F4E #5DCE4E

square

#4E9DCE #BF4ECE #CE7F4E #5DCE4E

split-complementary

#4E9DCE #CE4E5D #CEBF4E

monochromatic

#235C7F #307EAE #4E9DCE #7EB8DB #AED2E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#4E9DCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.04

#4E9DCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9DCE

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9DCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9DCE	1.00	2.98	7.04	7.04
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#869DD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7590CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9dce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 157, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.106 238.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb9dd',
    500: '#4e9dce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9dce;
$custom-light: #8bb9dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9dce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.969,
    "s": 56.637,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66652,
    "c": 0.10645,
    "h": 238.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9DCE

secondary

#D7B6A1

accent

#8248E0

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9DCE

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

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