#4E96B5#4E96B5

#4E96B5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.086 H 228.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E96B5
RGB	rgb(78, 150, 181)
HSL	hsl(198, 41%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(198, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 17.1%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.76, -13.45, -23.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.76, 26.64, 239.67°)
OKLab	oklab(63.89% -0.0569 -0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(63.89% 0.086 228.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.3855, 26.7665, 47.6939)
Luminance	0.2677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E96B5 #B56D4E

analogous

#4EB5A0 #4E96B5 #4E62B5

triadic

#4E96B5 #B54E96 #96B54E

tetradic

#4E96B5 #A04EB5 #B56D4E #62B54E

square

#4E96B5 #A04EB5 #B56D4E #62B54E

split-complementary

#4E96B5 #B54E62 #B5A04E

monochromatic

#284F60 #3A738B #4E96B5 #79B0C7 #A4C9D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#4E96B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#4E96B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E96B5

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E96B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E96B5	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)

#8694B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7789B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e96b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 150, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.086 228.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b5cb',
    500: '#4e96b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e96b5;
$custom-light: #88b5cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e96b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.058,
    "s": 41.036,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63891,
    "c": 0.08567,
    "h": 228.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E96B5

secondary

#C6A699

accent

#7C57D1

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E96B5

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

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