#4E9FC9#4E9FC9

#4E9FC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.101 H 233.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9FC9
RGB	rgb(78, 159, 201)
HSL	hsl(200, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(200, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 20.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.19, -12.14, -28.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.19, 31.40, 247.25°)
OKLab	oklab(66.89% -0.0596 -0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(66.89% 0.101 233.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.0786, 30.6305, 59.7849)
Luminance	0.3063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9FC9 #C9784E

analogous

#4EC9B6 #4E9FC9 #4E61C9

triadic

#4E9FC9 #C94E9F #9FC94E

tetradic

#4E9FC9 #B64EC9 #C9784E #61C94E

square

#4E9FC9 #B64EC9 #C9784E #61C94E

split-complementary

#4E9FC9 #C94E61 #C9B64E

monochromatic

#255C78 #337FA7 #4E9FC9 #7DB8D7 #ACD2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#4E9FC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#4E9FC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9FC9

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9FC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9FC9	1.00	2.95	7.13	7.13
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9DCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A91C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9fc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 159, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.101 233.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbbd9',
    500: '#4e9fc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9fc9;
$custom-light: #8bbbd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9fc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.488,
    "s": 53.247,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66886,
    "c": 0.10054,
    "h": 233.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9FC9

secondary

#D3B19F

accent

#7D4BDD

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1114

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9FC9

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

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