#4E96B4#4E96B4

#4E96B4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.085 H 227.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E96B4
RGB	rgb(78, 150, 180)
HSL	hsl(198, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(198, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 16.7%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.72, -13.76, -22.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.72, 26.37, 238.54°)
OKLab	oklab(63.85% -0.0573 -0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(63.85% 0.085 227.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.2833, 26.7256, 47.1554)
Luminance	0.2673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E96B4 #B46C4E

analogous

#4EB49F #4E96B4 #4E63B4

triadic

#4E96B4 #B44E96 #96B44E

tetradic

#4E96B4 #9F4EB4 #B46C4E #63B44E

square

#4E96B4 #9F4EB4 #B46C4E #63B44E

split-complementary

#4E96B4 #B44E63 #B49F4E

monochromatic

#284F5F #3B738A #4E96B4 #79AFC6 #A4C9D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#4E96B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#4E96B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E96B4

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E96B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E96B4	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8693B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7888B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e96b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 150, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.085 227.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b5ca',
    500: '#4e96b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e96b4;
$custom-light: #88b5ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e96b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.647,
    "s": 40.476,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63849,
    "c": 0.08485,
    "h": 227.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E96B4

secondary

#C6A698

accent

#7B57D0

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E96B4

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

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