#4E9EC6#4E9EC6

#4E9EC6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.098 H 232.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9EC6
RGB	rgb(78, 158, 198)
HSL	hsl(200, 51%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(200, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 20.2%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.78, -12.54, -27.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.78, 30.60, 245.81°)
OKLab	oklab(66.52% -0.0595 -0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(66.52% 0.098 232.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.5579, 30.1481, 57.8874)
Luminance	0.3015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9EC6 #C6764E

analogous

#4EC6B2 #4E9EC6 #4E62C6

triadic

#4E9EC6 #C64E9E #9EC64E

tetradic

#4E9EC6 #B24EC6 #C6764E #62C64E

square

#4E9EC6 #B24EC6 #C6764E #62C64E

split-complementary

#4E9EC6 #C64E62 #C6B24E

monochromatic

#255A74 #347EA2 #4E9EC6 #7CB7D5 #ABD1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#4E9EC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#4E9EC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9EC6

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9EC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9EC6	1.00	2.99	7.03	7.03
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9CC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A90C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9ec6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 158, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.098 232.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abad7',
    500: '#4e9ec6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9ec6;
$custom-light: #8abad7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9ec6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 51.282,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66518,
    "c": 0.09815,
    "h": 232.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9EC6

secondary

#D1AF9E

accent

#7C4DDB

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1114

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9EC6

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

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