#4E94B2#4E94B2

#4E94B2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.084 H 228.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E94B2
RGB	rgb(78, 148, 178)
HSL	hsl(198, 39%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(198, 56%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.2%, 16.9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.05, -13.28, -22.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.05, 26.03, 239.33°)
OKLab	oklab(63.29% -0.0558 -0.0623)
OKLCH	oklch(63.29% 0.084 228.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.7646, 26.0119, 45.9847)
Luminance	0.2601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E94B2 #B26C4E

analogous

#4EB29E #4E94B2 #4E62B2

triadic

#4E94B2 #B24E94 #94B24E

tetradic

#4E94B2 #9E4EB2 #B26C4E #62B24E

square

#4E94B2 #9E4EB2 #B26C4E #62B24E

split-complementary

#4E94B2 #B24E62 #B29E4E

monochromatic

#294D5D #3B7188 #4E94B2 #79AEC5 #A3C8D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#4E94B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#4E94B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E94B2

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E94B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E94B2	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8492B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7687B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e94b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 148, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.084 228.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b3c9',
    500: '#4e94b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e94b2;
$custom-light: #88b3c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e94b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198,
    "s": 39.37,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63289,
    "c": 0.08361,
    "h": 228.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E94B2

secondary

#C4A598

accent

#7C59CF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E94B2

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