#4E96BC#4E96BC

#4E96BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.092 H 233.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E96BC
RGB	rgb(78, 150, 188)
HSL	hsl(201, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(201, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 20.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.03, -11.28, -26.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.03, 28.84, 246.97°)
OKLab	oklab(64.2% -0.0543 -0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(64.2% 0.092 233.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.1219, 27.0611, 51.5720)
Luminance	0.2706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E96BC #BC744E

analogous

#4EBCAB #4E96BC #4E5FBC

triadic

#4E96BC #BC4E96 #96BC4E

tetradic

#4E96BC #AB4EBC #BC744E #5FBC4E

square

#4E96BC #AB4EBC #BC744E #5FBC4E

split-complementary

#4E96BC #BC4E5F #BCAB4E

monochromatic

#275268 #387595 #4E96BC #7AB0CD #A7CBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#4E96BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#4E96BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E96BC

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E96BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E96BC	1.00	3.27	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8495BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7489BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e96bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 150, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.092 233.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b4d0',
    500: '#4e96bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e96bc;
$custom-light: #89b4d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e96bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.727,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64199,
    "c": 0.0919,
    "h": 233.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E96BC

secondary

#CBAB9B

accent

#8053D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E96BC

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

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