#4E9EC8#4E9EC8

#4E9EC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.100 H 234.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9EC8
RGB	rgb(78, 158, 200)
HSL	hsl(201, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(201, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 21%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.86, -11.91, -28.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.86, 31.27, 247.61°)
OKLab	oklab(66.61% -0.0588 -0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(66.61% 0.1 234)
XYZ	xyz(25.7901, 30.2410, 59.1103)
Luminance	0.3024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9EC8 #C8784E

analogous

#4EC8B5 #4E9EC8 #4E61C8

triadic

#4E9EC8 #C84E9E #9EC84E

tetradic

#4E9EC8 #B54EC8 #C8784E #61C84E

square

#4E9EC8 #B54EC8 #C8784E #61C84E

split-complementary

#4E9EC8 #C84E61 #C8B54E

monochromatic

#255B77 #337EA5 #4E9EC8 #7DB8D7 #ABD1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#4E9EC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#4E9EC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9EC8

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9EC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9EC8	1.00	2.98	7.05	7.05
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9DCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7990C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9ec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 158, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.100 234.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abad8',
    500: '#4e9ec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9ec8;
$custom-light: #8abad8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9ec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.656,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66608,
    "c": 0.10001,
    "h": 234
  },
  "luminance": 0.30244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9EC8

secondary

#D3B19F

accent

#7D4CDC

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1114

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9EC8

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

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