#4E9FC5#4E9FC5

#4E9FC5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.097 H 231.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9FC5
RGB	rgb(78, 159, 197)
HSL	hsl(199, 51%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(199, 60%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 19.3%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.04, -13.40, -26.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.04, 30.11, 243.57°)
OKLab	oklab(66.71% -0.061 -0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(66.71% 0.097 231)
XYZ	xyz(25.6142, 30.4447, 57.3390)
Luminance	0.3045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9FC5 #C5744E

analogous

#4EC5B0 #4E9FC5 #4E64C5

triadic

#4E9FC5 #C54E9F #9FC54E

tetradic

#4E9FC5 #B04EC5 #C5744E #64C54E

square

#4E9FC5 #B04EC5 #C5744E #64C54E

split-complementary

#4E9FC5 #C54E64 #C5B04E

monochromatic

#265A73 #357EA1 #4E9FC5 #7CB8D4 #AAD1E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#4E9FC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#4E9FC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9FC5

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9FC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9FC5	1.00	2.96	7.09	7.09
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9DC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B90C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9fc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 159, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.097 231.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abbd6',
    500: '#4e9fc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9fc5;
$custom-light: #8abbd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9fc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.16,
    "s": 50.638,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66707,
    "c": 0.09691,
    "h": 231
  },
  "luminance": 0.30447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9FC5

secondary

#D1AE9E

accent

#7B4EDA

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1114

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9FC5

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

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