#4E96B0#4E96B0

#4E96B0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.082 H 224.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E96B0
RGB	rgb(78, 150, 176)
HSL	hsl(196, 39%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(196, 56%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.7%, 14.8%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.57, -14.98, -20.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.57, 25.35, 233.79°)
OKLab	oklab(63.68% -0.0588 -0.0568)
OKLCH	oklch(63.68% 0.082 224)
XYZ	xyz(21.8817, 26.5650, 45.0403)
Luminance	0.2657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E96B0 #B0684E

analogous

#4EB099 #4E96B0 #4E65B0

triadic

#4E96B0 #B04E96 #96B04E

tetradic

#4E96B0 #994EB0 #B0684E #65B04E

square

#4E96B0 #994EB0 #B0684E #65B04E

split-complementary

#4E96B0 #B04E65 #B0994E

monochromatic

#284E5B #3B7286 #4E96B0 #78AFC3 #A2C8D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#4E96B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#4E96B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E96B0

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E96B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E96B0	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8793B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7988B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e96b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 150, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.082 224.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b5c7',
    500: '#4e96b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e96b0;
$custom-light: #87b5c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e96b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.918,
    "s": 38.583,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63679,
    "c": 0.08178,
    "h": 224
  },
  "luminance": 0.26567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E96B0

secondary

#C3A297

accent

#7859CF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E96B0

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

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