#4E94AE#4E94AE

#4E94AE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.080 H 224.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E94AE
RGB	rgb(78, 148, 174)
HSL	hsl(196, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(196, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 14.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.90, -14.49, -20.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.90, 24.98, 234.53°)
OKLab	oklab(63.12% -0.0573 -0.0565)
OKLCH	oklch(63.12% 0.08 224.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.3688, 25.8536, 43.9003)
Luminance	0.2586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E94AE #AE684E

analogous

#4EAE98 #4E94AE #4E64AE

triadic

#4E94AE #AE4E94 #94AE4E

tetradic

#4E94AE #984EAE #AE684E #64AE4E

square

#4E94AE #984EAE #AE684E #64AE4E

split-complementary

#4E94AE #AE4E64 #AE984E

monochromatic

#284C59 #3B7084 #4E94AE #77AEC2 #A1C7D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#4E94AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#4E94AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E94AE

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E94AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E94AE	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8691AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7887AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e94ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 148, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.080 224.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b3c6',
    500: '#4e94ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e94ae;
$custom-light: #87b3c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e94ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.25,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63119,
    "c": 0.08047,
    "h": 224.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E94AE

secondary

#C2A296

accent

#795ACE

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E94AE

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

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