#4E9BB1#4E9BB1

#4E9BB1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.082 H 218.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9BB1
RGB	rgb(78, 155, 177)
HSL	hsl(193, 39%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(193, 56%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 12.4%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.10, -17.36, -18.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.10, 25.51, 227.10°)
OKLab	oklab(64.91% -0.0641 -0.0518)
OKLCH	oklch(64.91% 0.082 218.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.7959, 28.2346, 45.8350)
Luminance	0.2824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9BB1 #B1644E

analogous

#4EB195 #4E9BB1 #4E6AB1

triadic

#4E9BB1 #B14E9B #9BB14E

tetradic

#4E9BB1 #954EB1 #B1644E #6AB14E

square

#4E9BB1 #954EB1 #B1644E #6AB14E

split-complementary

#4E9BB1 #B14E6A #B1954E

monochromatic

#29515C #3B7687 #4E9BB1 #78B3C4 #A3CBD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#4E9BB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#4E9BB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9BB1

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9BB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9BB1	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)

#8D97B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8CB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9bb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 155, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.082 218.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b8c8',
    500: '#4e9bb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9bb1;
$custom-light: #88b8c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9bb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.333,
    "s": 38.824,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64914,
    "c": 0.08246,
    "h": 218.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9BB1

secondary

#C4A197

accent

#7359CF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9BB1

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

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