#4E9EC0#4E9EC0

#4E9EC0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.093 H 228.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9EC0
RGB	rgb(78, 158, 192)
HSL	hsl(198, 48%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(198, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 17.7%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.55, -14.41, -24.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.55, 28.78, 239.95°)
OKLab	oklab(66.25% -0.0617 -0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(66.25% 0.093 228.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.8795, 29.8768, 54.3146)
Luminance	0.2988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9EC0 #C0704E

analogous

#4EC0A9 #4E9EC0 #4E65C0

triadic

#4E9EC0 #C04E9E #9EC04E

tetradic

#4E9EC0 #A94EC0 #C0704E #65C04E

square

#4E9EC0 #A94EC0 #C0704E #65C04E

split-complementary

#4E9EC0 #C04E65 #C0A94E

monochromatic

#27586D #377C9A #4E9EC0 #7BB7D0 #A8CFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#4E9EC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#4E9EC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9EC0

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9EC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9EC0	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9BC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8FC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9ec0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 158, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.093 228.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abad3',
    500: '#4e9ec0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9ec0;
$custom-light: #8abad3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9ec0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.895,
    "s": 47.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66254,
    "c": 0.09293,
    "h": 228.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9EC0

secondary

#CEAB9C

accent

#7951D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9EC0

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

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