#4E94B5#4E94B5

#4E94B5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.086 H 230.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E94B5
RGB	rgb(78, 148, 181)
HSL	hsl(199, 41%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(199, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 18.2%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.16, -12.36, -23.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.16, 26.91, 242.67°)
OKLab	oklab(63.42% -0.0547 -0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(63.42% 0.086 230.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.0691, 26.1337, 47.5884)
Luminance	0.2614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E94B5 #B56F4E

analogous

#4EB5A2 #4E94B5 #4E60B5

triadic

#4E94B5 #B54E94 #94B54E

tetradic

#4E94B5 #A24EB5 #B56F4E #60B54E

square

#4E94B5 #A24EB5 #B56F4E #60B54E

split-complementary

#4E94B5 #B54E60 #B5A24E

monochromatic

#284E60 #3A718B #4E94B5 #79AEC7 #A4C8D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#4E94B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#4E94B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E94B5

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E94B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E94B5	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8392B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7587B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e94b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 148, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.086 230.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b3cb',
    500: '#4e94b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e94b5;
$custom-light: #88b3cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e94b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.223,
    "s": 41.036,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63419,
    "c": 0.08617,
    "h": 230.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E94B5

secondary

#C6A799

accent

#7E57D1

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E94B5

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

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