#4E96B8#4E96B8

#4E96B8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.088 H 230.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E96B8
RGB	rgb(78, 150, 184)
HSL	hsl(199, 43%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(199, 58%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 18.5%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.87, -12.53, -24.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.87, 27.53, 242.94°)
OKLab	oklab(64.02% -0.0558 -0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(64.02% 0.088 230.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.6967, 26.8910, 49.3325)
Luminance	0.2689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E96B8 #B8704E

analogous

#4EB8A5 #4E96B8 #4E61B8

triadic

#4E96B8 #B84E96 #96B84E

tetradic

#4E96B8 #A54EB8 #B8704E #61B84E

square

#4E96B8 #A54EB8 #B8704E #61B84E

split-complementary

#4E96B8 #B84E61 #B8A54E

monochromatic

#285064 #39748F #4E96B8 #7AB0CA #A5CADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#4E96B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#4E96B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E96B8

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E96B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E96B8	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8594BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7689B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e96b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 150, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.088 230.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b4cd',
    500: '#4e96b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e96b8;
$custom-light: #88b4cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e96b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.245,
    "s": 42.742,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64022,
    "c": 0.08824,
    "h": 230.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E96B8

secondary

#C8A99A

accent

#7D55D3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E96B8

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

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