#4E96BE#4E96BE

#4E96BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.094 H 235.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E96BE
RGB	rgb(78, 150, 190)
HSL	hsl(201, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(201, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 21.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.11, -10.65, -27.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.11, 29.53, 248.85°)
OKLab	oklab(64.29% -0.0536 -0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(64.29% 0.094 235.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.3390, 27.1479, 52.7153)
Luminance	0.2715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E96BE #BE764E

analogous

#4EBEAE #4E96BE #4E5EBE

triadic

#4E96BE #BE4E96 #96BE4E

tetradic

#4E96BE #AE4EBE #BE764E #5EBE4E

square

#4E96BE #AE4EBE #BE764E #5EBE4E

split-complementary

#4E96BE #BE4E5E #BEAE4E

monochromatic

#27526A #387597 #4E96BE #7BB1CE #A8CBDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#4E96BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#4E96BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E96BE

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E96BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E96BE	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8395C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7489BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e96be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 150, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.094 235.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b4d1',
    500: '#4e96be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e96be;
$custom-light: #89b4d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e96be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.429,
    "s": 46.281,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64289,
    "c": 0.09383,
    "h": 235.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E96BE

secondary

#CCAD9C

accent

#8152D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E96BE

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

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