#4E91AB#4E91AB

#4E91AB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.079 H 225.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E91AB
RGB	rgb(78, 145, 171)
HSL	hsl(197, 37%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(197, 54%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 15.2%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.89, -13.76, -20.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.89, 24.42, 235.70°)
OKLab	oklab(62.28% -0.055 -0.056)
OKLCH	oklch(62.28% 0.079 225.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.6152, 24.8090, 42.2224)
Luminance	0.2481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E91AB #AB684E

analogous

#4EAB97 #4E91AB #4E63AB

triadic

#4E91AB #AB4E91 #91AB4E

tetradic

#4E91AB #974EAB #AB684E #63AB4E

square

#4E91AB #974EAB #AB684E #63AB4E

split-complementary

#4E91AB #AB4E63 #AB974E

monochromatic

#284A57 #3B6D81 #4E91AB #76ACC0 #A0C5D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#4E91AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#4E91AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E91AB

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E91AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E91AB	1.00	3.52	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838EAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7584AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#049999

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e91ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 145, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.079 225.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b1c4',
    500: '#4e91ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e91ab;
$custom-light: #87b1c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e91ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.774,
    "s": 37.349,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62277,
    "c": 0.0785,
    "h": 225.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E91AB

secondary

#C1A194

accent

#7B5ACD

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F5F8

border

#CBCFD1

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E91AB

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

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