#4E9DD6#4E9DD6

#4E9DD6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.115 H 242.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9DD6
RGB	rgb(78, 157, 214)
HSL	hsl(205, 62%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(205, 64%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 26.6%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.16, -6.86, -36.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.16, 36.90, 259.29°)
OKLab	oklab(67.04% -0.0531 -0.102)
OKLCH	oklch(67.04% 0.115 242.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.3319, 30.5859, 68.0686)
Luminance	0.3059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9DD6 #D6874E

analogous

#4ED6CB #4E9DD6 #4E59D6

triadic

#4E9DD6 #D64E9D #9DD64E

tetradic

#4E9DD6 #CB4ED6 #D6874E #59D64E

square

#4E9DD6 #CB4ED6 #D6874E #59D64E

split-complementary

#4E9DD6 #D64E59 #D6CB4E

monochromatic

#205D8A #2B7FBB #4E9DD6 #80B9E2 #B1D4ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#4E9DD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#4E9DD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9DD6

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9DD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9DD6	1.00	2.95	7.12	7.12
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#839ED9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7190D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9dd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 157, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.115 242.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb9e3',
    500: '#4e9dd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9dd6;
$custom-light: #8cb9e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9dd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.147,
    "s": 62.385,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67035,
    "c": 0.11502,
    "h": 242.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9DD6

secondary

#DBBBA4

accent

#8742E5

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9DD6

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

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