#4E94BE#4E94BE

#4E94BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.095 H 237.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E94BE
RGB	rgb(78, 148, 190)
HSL	hsl(203, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(203, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 22.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.52, -9.54, -28.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.52, 30.01, 251.47°)
OKLab	oklab(63.82% -0.0514 -0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(63.82% 0.095 237.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.0226, 26.5151, 52.6099)
Luminance	0.2652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E94BE #BE784E

analogous

#4EBEB0 #4E94BE #4E5CBE

triadic

#4E94BE #BE4E94 #94BE4E

tetradic

#4E94BE #B04EBE #BE784E #5CBE4E

square

#4E94BE #B04EBE #BE784E #5CBE4E

split-complementary

#4E94BE #BE4E5C #BEB04E

monochromatic

#27516A #387397 #4E94BE #7BAFCE #A8CADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#4E94BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#4E94BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E94BE

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E94BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E94BE	1.00	3.33	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8193C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7188BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e94be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 148, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.095 237.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b3d1',
    500: '#4e94be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e94be;
$custom-light: #89b3d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e94be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.5,
    "s": 46.281,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63823,
    "c": 0.09476,
    "h": 237.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E94BE

secondary

#CCAE9C

accent

#8352D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E94BE

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

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