#4E9BAD#4E9BAD

#4E9BAD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.080 H 215.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9BAD
RGB	rgb(78, 155, 173)
HSL	hsl(191, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(191, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 10.4%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.96, -18.55, -16.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.96, 24.92, 221.89°)
OKLab	oklab(64.75% -0.0658 -0.0461)
OKLCH	oklch(64.75% 0.08 215)
XYZ	xyz(22.4031, 28.0775, 43.7659)
Luminance	0.2808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9BAD #AD604E

analogous

#4EAD90 #4E9BAD #4E6CAD

triadic

#4E9BAD #AD4E9B #9BAD4E

tetradic

#4E9BAD #904EAD #AD604E #6CAD4E

square

#4E9BAD #904EAD #AD604E #6CAD4E

split-complementary

#4E9BAD #AD4E6C #AD904E

monochromatic

#284F59 #3B7583 #4E9BAD #77B3C2 #A1CBD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#4E9BAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#4E9BAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9BAD

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9BAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9BAD	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E97AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808CAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9bad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 155, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.080 215.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b8c5',
    500: '#4e9bad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9bad;
$custom-light: #87b8c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9bad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.368,
    "s": 37.849,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64754,
    "c": 0.08029,
    "h": 215
  },
  "luminance": 0.2808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9BAD

secondary

#C29E95

accent

#705ACE

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9BAD

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

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