#4E9AB4#4E9AB4

#4E9AB4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.084 H 222.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9AB4
RGB	rgb(78, 154, 180)
HSL	hsl(195, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(195, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 14.4%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.91, -15.93, -20.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.91, 26.09, 232.38°)
OKLab	oklab(64.8% -0.0618 -0.0574)
OKLCH	oklch(64.8% 0.084 222.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.9325, 28.0241, 47.3718)
Luminance	0.2803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9AB4 #B4684E

analogous

#4EB49B #4E9AB4 #4E67B4

triadic

#4E9AB4 #B44E9A #9AB44E

tetradic

#4E9AB4 #9B4EB4 #B4684E #67B44E

square

#4E9AB4 #9B4EB4 #B4684E #67B44E

split-complementary

#4E9AB4 #B44E67 #B49B4E

monochromatic

#28515F #3B768A #4E9AB4 #79B3C6 #A4CBD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#4E9AB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#4E9AB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9AB4

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9AB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9AB4	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B97B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8CB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9ab4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 154, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.084 222.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b7ca',
    500: '#4e9ab4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9ab4;
$custom-light: #88b7ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9ab4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.294,
    "s": 40.476,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64799,
    "c": 0.08438,
    "h": 222.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9AB4

secondary

#C6A498

accent

#7657D0

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9AB4

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

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