#4E9EC4#4E9EC4

#4E9EC4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.096 H 231.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9EC4
RGB	rgb(78, 158, 196)
HSL	hsl(199, 50%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(199, 60%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 19.4%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.70, -13.17, -26.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.70, 29.97, 243.93°)
OKLab	oklab(66.43% -0.0603 -0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(66.43% 0.096 231.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.3287, 30.0565, 56.6805)
Luminance	0.3006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9EC4 #C4744E

analogous

#4EC4AF #4E9EC4 #4E63C4

triadic

#4E9EC4 #C44E9E #9EC44E

tetradic

#4E9EC4 #AF4EC4 #C4744E #63C44E

square

#4E9EC4 #AF4EC4 #C4744E #63C44E

split-complementary

#4E9EC4 #C44E63 #C4AF4E

monochromatic

#265972 #357DA0 #4E9EC4 #7CB7D3 #AAD0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#4E9EC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.01

#4E9EC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9EC4

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9EC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9EC4	1.00	2.99	7.01	7.01
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9CC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B90C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9ec4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 158, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.096 231.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abad6',
    500: '#4e9ec4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9ec4;
$custom-light: #8abad6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9ec4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.322,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66429,
    "c": 0.09635,
    "h": 231.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9EC4

secondary

#D0AE9E

accent

#7B4EDA

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9EC4

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

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