#4E96BD#4E96BD

#4E96BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.093 H 234.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E96BD
RGB	rgb(78, 150, 189)
HSL	hsl(201, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(201, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 20.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.07, -10.97, -27.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.07, 29.18, 247.92°)
OKLab	oklab(64.24% -0.054 -0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(64.24% 0.093 234.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.2301, 27.1043, 52.1417)
Luminance	0.2711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E96BD #BD754E

analogous

#4EBDAC #4E96BD #4E5FBD

triadic

#4E96BD #BD4E96 #96BD4E

tetradic

#4E96BD #AC4EBD #BD754E #5FBD4E

square

#4E96BD #AC4EBD #BD754E #5FBD4E

split-complementary

#4E96BD #BD4E5F #BDAC4E

monochromatic

#275269 #387596 #4E96BD #7BB0CE #A7CBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#4E96BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#4E96BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E96BD

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E96BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E96BD	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8395BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7489BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e96bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 150, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.093 234.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b4d1',
    500: '#4e96bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e96bd;
$custom-light: #89b4d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e96bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.081,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64244,
    "c": 0.09286,
    "h": 234.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E96BD

secondary

#CCAC9B

accent

#8052D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E96BD

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