#4E9EC9#4E9EC9

#4E9EC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.101 H 234.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9EC9
RGB	rgb(78, 158, 201)
HSL	hsl(201, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(201, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 21.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.90, -11.60, -29.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.90, 31.61, 248.48°)
OKLab	oklab(66.65% -0.0585 -0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(66.65% 0.101 234.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.9073, 30.2879, 59.7279)
Luminance	0.3029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9EC9 #C9794E

analogous

#4EC9B7 #4E9EC9 #4E60C9

triadic

#4E9EC9 #C94E9E #9EC94E

tetradic

#4E9EC9 #B74EC9 #C9794E #60C94E

square

#4E9EC9 #B74EC9 #C9794E #60C94E

split-complementary

#4E9EC9 #C94E60 #C9B74E

monochromatic

#255B78 #337EA7 #4E9EC9 #7DB8D7 #ACD1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#4E9EC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#4E9EC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9EC9

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9EC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9EC9	1.00	2.98	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899DCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7890C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9ec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 158, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.101 234.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbad9',
    500: '#4e9ec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9ec9;
$custom-light: #8bbad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9ec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.976,
    "s": 53.247,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66653,
    "c": 0.10097,
    "h": 234.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9EC9

secondary

#D3B29F

accent

#7E4BDD

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1114

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9EC9

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

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