#4E9AAE#4E9AAE

#4E9AAE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.081 H 217.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9AAE
RGB	rgb(78, 154, 174)
HSL	hsl(193, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(193, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 11.5%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.69, -17.72, -17.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.69, 24.98, 224.81°)
OKLab	oklab(64.55% -0.0642 -0.0488)
OKLCH	oklch(64.55% 0.081 217.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.3345, 27.7848, 44.2222)
Luminance	0.2779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9AAE #AE624E

analogous

#4EAE92 #4E9AAE #4E6AAE

triadic

#4E9AAE #AE4E9A #9AAE4E

tetradic

#4E9AAE #924EAE #AE624E #6AAE4E

square

#4E9AAE #924EAE #AE624E #6AAE4E

split-complementary

#4E9AAE #AE4E6A #AE924E

monochromatic

#284F59 #3B7584 #4E9AAE #77B2C2 #A1CAD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#4E9AAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#4E9AAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9AAE

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9AAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9AAE	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D96AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8BAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9aae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 154, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.081 217.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b8c6',
    500: '#4e9aae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9aae;
$custom-light: #87b8c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9aae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.5,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64554,
    "c": 0.08063,
    "h": 217.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9AAE

secondary

#C29F96

accent

#725ACE

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9AAE

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

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