#4E9DD9#4E9DD9

#4E9DD9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.118 H 243.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9DD9
RGB	rgb(78, 157, 217)
HSL	hsl(206, 65%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(206, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 27.6%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.29, -5.87, -37.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.29, 38.18, 261.15°)
OKLab	oklab(67.18% -0.0521 -0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(67.18% 0.118 243.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.7185, 30.7406, 70.1049)
Luminance	0.3074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9DD9 #D98A4E

analogous

#4ED9CF #4E9DD9 #4E58D9

triadic

#4E9DD9 #D94E9D #9DD94E

tetradic

#4E9DD9 #CF4ED9 #D98A4E #58D94E

square

#4E9DD9 #CF4ED9 #D98A4E #58D94E

split-complementary

#4E9DD9 #D94E58 #D9CF4E

monochromatic

#1F5E8E #297FC0 #4E9DD9 #80B9E4 #B3D5EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#4E9DD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#4E9DD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9DD9

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9DD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9DD9	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#829EDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F90D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9dd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 157, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.118 243.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8db9e5',
    500: '#4e9dd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9dd9;
$custom-light: #8db9e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9dd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.899,
    "s": 64.651,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67182,
    "c": 0.11838,
    "h": 243.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9DD9

secondary

#DDBEA6

accent

#8840E8

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9DD9

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

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