#4E9AAB#4E9AAB

#4E9AAB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.079 H 214.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9AAB
RGB	rgb(78, 154, 171)
HSL	hsl(191, 37%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(191, 54%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 9.9%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.59, -18.61, -16.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.59, 24.58, 220.81°)
OKLab	oklab(64.44% -0.0654 -0.0445)
OKLCH	oklch(64.44% 0.079 214.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.0453, 27.6692, 42.6991)
Luminance	0.2767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9AAB #AB5F4E

analogous

#4EAB8E #4E9AAB #4E6CAB

triadic

#4E9AAB #AB4E9A #9AAB4E

tetradic

#4E9AAB #8E4EAB #AB5F4E #6CAB4E

square

#4E9AAB #8E4EAB #AB5F4E #6CAB4E

split-complementary

#4E9AAB #AB4E6C #AB8E4E

monochromatic

#284E57 #3B7481 #4E9AAB #76B3C0 #A0CAD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#4E9AAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#4E9AAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9AAB

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9AAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9AAB	1.00	3.21	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D96AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8BAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9aab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 154, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.079 214.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b8c4',
    500: '#4e9aab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9aab;
$custom-light: #87b8c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9aab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.968,
    "s": 37.349,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64435,
    "c": 0.07911,
    "h": 214.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9AAB

secondary

#C19C94

accent

#6F5ACD

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9AAB

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

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