#4E96A5#4E96A5

#4E96A5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.075 H 212.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E96A5
RGB	rgb(78, 150, 165)
HSL	hsl(190, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(190, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 9.1%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.18, -18.24, -14.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.18, 23.49, 219.05°)
OKLab	oklab(63.24% -0.0632 -0.0409)
OKLCH	oklch(63.24% 0.075 212.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.8371, 26.1472, 39.5388)
Luminance	0.2615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E96A5 #A55D4E

analogous

#4EA588 #4E96A5 #4E6AA5

triadic

#4E96A5 #A54E96 #96A54E

tetradic

#4E96A5 #884EA5 #A55D4E #6AA54E

square

#4E96A5 #884EA5 #A55D4E #6AA54E

split-complementary

#4E96A5 #A54E6A #A5884E

monochromatic

#274A52 #3A707B #4E96A5 #73B0BD #9DC8D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#4E96A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#4E96A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E96A5

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E96A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E96A5	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)

#8A92A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D88A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#109C9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e96a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 150, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.075 212.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b5bf',
    500: '#4e96a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e96a5;
$custom-light: #86b5bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e96a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.345,
    "s": 35.802,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63235,
    "c": 0.07531,
    "h": 212.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E96A5

secondary

#BD9991

accent

#6F5CCC

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E96A5

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

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