#4E9AB9#4E9AB9

#4E9AB9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.088 H 227.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9AB9
RGB	rgb(78, 154, 185)
HSL	hsl(197, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(197, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 16.8%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.10, -14.40, -23.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.10, 27.31, 238.17°)
OKLab	oklab(65.01% -0.0599 -0.0646)
OKLCH	oklch(65.01% 0.088 227.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.4511, 28.2315, 50.1029)
Luminance	0.2823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9AB9 #B96D4E

analogous

#4EB9A3 #4E9AB9 #4E65B9

triadic

#4E9AB9 #B94E9A #9AB94E

tetradic

#4E9AB9 #A34EB9 #B96D4E #65B94E

square

#4E9AB9 #A34EB9 #B96D4E #65B94E

split-complementary

#4E9AB9 #B94E65 #B9A34E

monochromatic

#285365 #397791 #4E9AB9 #7AB3CA #A6CCDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#4E9AB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#4E9AB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9AB9

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9AB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9AB9	1.00	3.16	6.65	6.65
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A97BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8CB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9ab9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 154, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.088 227.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b7ce',
    500: '#4e9ab9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9ab9;
$custom-light: #89b7ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9ab9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.383,
    "s": 43.32,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6501,
    "c": 0.08811,
    "h": 227.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9AB9

secondary

#C9A89A

accent

#7955D3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9AB9

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

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