#4E96AC#4E96AC

#4E96AC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.079 H 220.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E96AC
RGB	rgb(78, 150, 172)
HSL	hsl(194, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(194, 55%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 12.8%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.42, -16.18, -18.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.42, 24.50, 228.68°)
OKLab	oklab(63.51% -0.0604 -0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(63.51% 0.079 220.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.4917, 26.4090, 42.9866)
Luminance	0.2641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E96AC #AC644E

analogous

#4EAC93 #4E96AC #4E67AC

triadic

#4E96AC #AC4E96 #96AC4E

tetradic

#4E96AC #934EAC #AC644E #67AC4E

square

#4E96AC #934EAC #AC644E #67AC4E

split-complementary

#4E96AC #AC4E67 #AC934E

monochromatic

#284D58 #3B7182 #4E96AC #76AFC1 #A0C8D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#4E96AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#4E96AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E96AC

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E96AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E96AC	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)

#8892AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B88AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e96ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 150, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.079 220.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b5c4',
    500: '#4e96ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e96ac;
$custom-light: #87b5c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e96ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.043,
    "s": 37.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63514,
    "c": 0.07907,
    "h": 220.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E96AC

secondary

#C19F95

accent

#755ACE

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E96AC

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

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