#4E96B1#4E96B1

#4E96B1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.083 H 224.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E96B1
RGB	rgb(78, 150, 177)
HSL	hsl(196, 39%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(196, 56%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 15.3%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.61, -14.67, -20.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.61, 25.59, 235.01°)
OKLab	oklab(63.72% -0.0584 -0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(63.72% 0.083 224.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.9810, 26.6047, 45.5633)
Luminance	0.2661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E96B1 #B1694E

analogous

#4EB19B #4E96B1 #4E64B1

triadic

#4E96B1 #B14E96 #96B14E

tetradic

#4E96B1 #9B4EB1 #B1694E #64B14E

square

#4E96B1 #9B4EB1 #B1694E #64B14E

split-complementary

#4E96B1 #B14E64 #B19B4E

monochromatic

#294E5C #3B7287 #4E96B1 #78AFC4 #A3C8D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#4E96B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#4E96B1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E96B1

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E96B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E96B1	1.00	3.32	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8793B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7988B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e96b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 150, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.083 224.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b5c8',
    500: '#4e96b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e96b1;
$custom-light: #88b5c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e96b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 38.824,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63721,
    "c": 0.08251,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E96B1

secondary

#C4A397

accent

#7959CF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E96B1

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →