#4E96B2#4E96B2

#4E96B2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.083 H 225.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E96B2
RGB	rgb(78, 150, 178)
HSL	hsl(197, 39%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(197, 56%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.2%, 15.7%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.64, -14.37, -21.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.64, 25.84, 236.21°)
OKLab	oklab(63.76% -0.0581 -0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(63.76% 0.083 225.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.0810, 26.6447, 46.0902)
Luminance	0.2665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E96B2 #B26A4E

analogous

#4EB29C #4E96B2 #4E64B2

triadic

#4E96B2 #B24E96 #96B24E

tetradic

#4E96B2 #9C4EB2 #B26A4E #64B24E

square

#4E96B2 #9C4EB2 #B26A4E #64B24E

split-complementary

#4E96B2 #B24E64 #B29C4E

monochromatic

#294E5D #3B7288 #4E96B2 #79AFC5 #A3C9D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#4E96B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#4E96B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E96B2

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E96B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E96B2	1.00	3.32	6.33	6.33
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8793B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7888B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e96b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 150, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.083 225.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b5c9',
    500: '#4e96b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e96b2;
$custom-light: #88b5c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e96b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.8,
    "s": 39.37,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63763,
    "c": 0.08328,
    "h": 225.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E96B2

secondary

#C4A498

accent

#7A59CF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E96B2

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

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