#4E9BAE#4E9BAE

#4E9BAE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.081 H 216.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9BAE
RGB	rgb(78, 155, 174)
HSL	hsl(192, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(192, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 10.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.99, -18.25, -17.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.99, 25.05, 223.21°)
OKLab	oklab(64.79% -0.0654 -0.0475)
OKLCH	oklch(64.79% 0.081 216)
XYZ	xyz(22.5002, 28.1163, 44.2774)
Luminance	0.2812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9BAE #AE614E

analogous

#4EAE91 #4E9BAE #4E6BAE

triadic

#4E9BAE #AE4E9B #9BAE4E

tetradic

#4E9BAE #914EAE #AE614E #6BAE4E

square

#4E9BAE #914EAE #AE614E #6BAE4E

split-complementary

#4E9BAE #AE4E6B #AE914E

monochromatic

#285059 #3B7584 #4E9BAE #77B3C2 #A1CBD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#4E9BAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#4E9BAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9BAE

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9BAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9BAE	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)

#8E97AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8CAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9bae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 155, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.081 216.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b8c6',
    500: '#4e9bae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9bae;
$custom-light: #88b8c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9bae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.875,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64794,
    "c": 0.0808,
    "h": 216
  },
  "luminance": 0.28118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9BAE

secondary

#C29F96

accent

#715ACE

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9BAE

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

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