#4E9AB5#4E9AB5

#4E9AB5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.085 H 223.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9AB5
RGB	rgb(78, 154, 181)
HSL	hsl(196, 41%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(196, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 14.9%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.95, -15.63, -21.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.95, 26.32, 233.58°)
OKLab	oklab(64.84% -0.0614 -0.0588)
OKLCH	oklch(64.84% 0.085 223.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.0347, 28.0650, 47.9103)
Luminance	0.2807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9AB5 #B5694E

analogous

#4EB59C #4E9AB5 #4E66B5

triadic

#4E9AB5 #B54E9A #9AB54E

tetradic

#4E9AB5 #9C4EB5 #B5694E #66B54E

square

#4E9AB5 #9C4EB5 #B5694E #66B54E

split-complementary

#4E9AB5 #B54E66 #B59C4E

monochromatic

#285260 #3A768B #4E9AB5 #79B3C7 #A4CBD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#4E9AB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#4E9AB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9AB5

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9AB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9AB5	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)

#8B97B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8CB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9ab5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 154, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.085 223.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b7cb',
    500: '#4e9ab5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9ab5;
$custom-light: #88b7cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9ab5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.728,
    "s": 41.036,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6484,
    "c": 0.08508,
    "h": 223.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9AB5

secondary

#C6A599

accent

#7757D1

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9AB5

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

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