#4E96AE#4E96AE

#4E96AE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.080 H 222.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E96AE
RGB	rgb(78, 150, 174)
HSL	hsl(195, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(195, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 13.8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.50, -15.58, -19.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.50, 24.90, 231.28°)
OKLab	oklab(63.6% -0.0596 -0.0539)
OKLCH	oklch(63.6% 0.08 222.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.6853, 26.4864, 44.0058)
Luminance	0.2649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E96AE #AE664E

analogous

#4EAE96 #4E96AE #4E66AE

triadic

#4E96AE #AE4E96 #96AE4E

tetradic

#4E96AE #964EAE #AE664E #66AE4E

square

#4E96AE #964EAE #AE664E #66AE4E

split-complementary

#4E96AE #AE4E66 #AE964E

monochromatic

#284D59 #3B7284 #4E96AE #77AFC2 #A1C8D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#4E96AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#4E96AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E96AE

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E96AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E96AE	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)

#8893AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A88AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e96ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 150, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.080 222.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b5c6',
    500: '#4e96ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e96ae;
$custom-light: #87b5c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e96ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63596,
    "c": 0.08038,
    "h": 222.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E96AE

secondary

#C2A196

accent

#775ACE

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E96AE

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

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