#4E9EC5#4E9EC5

#4E9EC5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.097 H 232.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9EC5
RGB	rgb(78, 158, 197)
HSL	hsl(200, 51%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(200, 60%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 19.8%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.74, -12.86, -27.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.74, 30.28, 244.88°)
OKLab	oklab(66.47% -0.0599 -0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(66.47% 0.097 232)
XYZ	xyz(25.4429, 30.1022, 57.2820)
Luminance	0.3010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9EC5 #C5754E

analogous

#4EC5B1 #4E9EC5 #4E63C5

triadic

#4E9EC5 #C54E9E #9EC54E

tetradic

#4E9EC5 #B14EC5 #C5754E #63C54E

square

#4E9EC5 #B14EC5 #C5754E #63C54E

split-complementary

#4E9EC5 #C54E63 #C5B14E

monochromatic

#265A73 #357EA1 #4E9EC5 #7CB7D4 #AAD1E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#4E9EC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#4E9EC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9EC5

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9EC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9EC5	1.00	2.99	7.02	7.02
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9CC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A90C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9ec5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 158, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.097 232.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abad6',
    500: '#4e9ec5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9ec5;
$custom-light: #8abad6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9ec5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.664,
    "s": 50.638,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66474,
    "c": 0.09725,
    "h": 232
  },
  "luminance": 0.30105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9EC5

secondary

#D1AF9E

accent

#7C4EDA

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9EC5

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

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