#4E96AB#4E96AB

#4E96AB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.078 H 219.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E96AB
RGB	rgb(78, 150, 171)
HSL	hsl(194, 37%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(194, 54%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 12.3%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.39, -16.47, -17.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.39, 24.32, 227.36°)
OKLab	oklab(63.47% -0.0608 -0.0496)
OKLCH	oklch(63.47% 0.078 219.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.3961, 26.3707, 42.4827)
Luminance	0.2637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E96AB #AB634E

analogous

#4EAB92 #4E96AB #4E68AB

triadic

#4E96AB #AB4E96 #96AB4E

tetradic

#4E96AB #924EAB #AB634E #68AB4E

square

#4E96AB #924EAB #AB634E #68AB4E

split-complementary

#4E96AB #AB4E68 #AB924E

monochromatic

#284C57 #3B7181 #4E96AB #76B0C0 #A0C8D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#4E96AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#4E96AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E96AB

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E96AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E96AB	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8992AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B88AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e96ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 150, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.078 219.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b5c4',
    500: '#4e96ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e96ab;
$custom-light: #87b5c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e96ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.548,
    "s": 37.349,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63473,
    "c": 0.07845,
    "h": 219.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E96AB

secondary

#C19E94

accent

#745ACD

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E96AB

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

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