#4E96B3#4E96B3

#4E96B3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.084 H 226.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E96B3
RGB	rgb(78, 150, 179)
HSL	hsl(197, 40%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(197, 56%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 16.2%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.68, -14.07, -21.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.68, 26.10, 237.39°)
OKLab	oklab(63.81% -0.0577 -0.0611)
OKLCH	oklch(63.81% 0.084 226.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.1818, 26.6850, 46.6209)
Luminance	0.2669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E96B3 #B36B4E

analogous

#4EB39E #4E96B3 #4E63B3

triadic

#4E96B3 #B34E96 #96B34E

tetradic

#4E96B3 #9E4EB3 #B36B4E #63B34E

square

#4E96B3 #9E4EB3 #B36B4E #63B34E

split-complementary

#4E96B3 #B34E63 #B39E4E

monochromatic

#284F5E #3B7389 #4E96B3 #79AFC5 #A4C9D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#4E96B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#4E96B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E96B3

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E96B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E96B3	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8693B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7888B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e96b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 150, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.084 226.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b5c9',
    500: '#4e96b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e96b3;
$custom-light: #88b5c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e96b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.228,
    "s": 39.921,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63806,
    "c": 0.08405,
    "h": 226.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E96B3

secondary

#C5A598

accent

#7A58D0

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E96B3

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

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