#4E94B4#4E94B4

#4E94B4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.085 H 229.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E94B4
RGB	rgb(78, 148, 180)
HSL	hsl(199, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(199, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 17.8%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.13, -12.66, -23.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.13, 26.61, 241.58°)
OKLab	oklab(63.38% -0.055 -0.0652)
OKLCH	oklch(63.38% 0.085 229.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.9669, 26.0928, 47.0500)
Luminance	0.2610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E94B4 #B46E4E

analogous

#4EB4A1 #4E94B4 #4E61B4

triadic

#4E94B4 #B44E94 #94B44E

tetradic

#4E94B4 #A14EB4 #B46E4E #61B44E

square

#4E94B4 #A14EB4 #B46E4E #61B44E

split-complementary

#4E94B4 #B44E61 #B4A14E

monochromatic

#284E5F #3B718A #4E94B4 #79AEC6 #A4C8D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#4E94B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#4E94B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E94B4

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E94B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E94B4	1.00	3.38	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8492B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7587B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e94b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 148, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.085 229.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b3ca',
    500: '#4e94b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e94b4;
$custom-light: #88b3ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e94b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.824,
    "s": 40.476,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63375,
    "c": 0.0853,
    "h": 229.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E94B4

secondary

#C6A698

accent

#7D57D0

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E94B4

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

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