#4E95B4#4E95B4

#4E95B4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.085 H 228.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E95B4
RGB	rgb(78, 149, 180)
HSL	hsl(198, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(198, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 17.2%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.42, -13.21, -22.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.42, 26.48, 240.07°)
OKLab	oklab(63.61% -0.0562 -0.0639)
OKLCH	oklch(63.61% 0.085 228.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.1244, 26.4079, 47.1025)
Luminance	0.2641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E95B4 #B46D4E

analogous

#4EB4A0 #4E95B4 #4E62B4

triadic

#4E95B4 #B44E95 #95B44E

tetradic

#4E95B4 #A04EB4 #B46D4E #62B44E

square

#4E95B4 #A04EB4 #B46D4E #62B44E

split-complementary

#4E95B4 #B44E62 #B4A04E

monochromatic

#284F5F #3B728A #4E95B4 #79AFC6 #A4C8D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#4E95B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#4E95B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E95B4

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E95B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E95B4	1.00	3.34	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8593B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7688B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e95b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 149, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.085 228.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b4ca',
    500: '#4e95b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e95b4;
$custom-light: #88b4ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e95b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.235,
    "s": 40.476,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63612,
    "c": 0.08506,
    "h": 228.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E95B4

secondary

#C6A698

accent

#7C57D0

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E95B4

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