#4E96B9#4E96B9

#4E96B9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.089 H 231.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E96B9
RGB	rgb(78, 150, 185)
HSL	hsl(200, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(200, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 18.9%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.91, -12.22, -25.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.91, 27.85, 243.98°)
OKLab	oklab(64.07% -0.0554 -0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(64.07% 0.089 231.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.8019, 26.9331, 49.8865)
Luminance	0.2693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E96B9 #B9714E

analogous

#4EB9A7 #4E96B9 #4E61B9

triadic

#4E96B9 #B94E96 #96B94E

tetradic

#4E96B9 #A74EB9 #B9714E #61B94E

square

#4E96B9 #A74EB9 #B9714E #61B94E

split-complementary

#4E96B9 #B94E61 #B9A74E

monochromatic

#285165 #397491 #4E96B9 #7AB0CA #A6CADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#4E96B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#4E96B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E96B9

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E96B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E96B9	1.00	3.29	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8594BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7689B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e96b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 150, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.089 231.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b4ce',
    500: '#4e96b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e96b9;
$custom-light: #88b4ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e96b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.626,
    "s": 43.32,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64066,
    "c": 0.08913,
    "h": 231.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E96B9

secondary

#C9A99A

accent

#7E55D3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E96B9

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

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