#4E9BB2#4E9BB2

#4E9BB2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.083 H 219.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9BB2
RGB	rgb(78, 155, 178)
HSL	hsl(194, 39%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(194, 56%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.2%, 12.9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.14, -17.07, -19.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.14, 25.68, 228.36°)
OKLab	oklab(64.96% -0.0638 -0.0532)
OKLCH	oklch(64.96% 0.083 219.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.8960, 28.2746, 46.3618)
Luminance	0.2828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9BB2 #B2654E

analogous

#4EB297 #4E9BB2 #4E69B2

triadic

#4E9BB2 #B24E9B #9BB24E

tetradic

#4E9BB2 #974EB2 #B2654E #69B24E

square

#4E9BB2 #974EB2 #B2654E #69B24E

split-complementary

#4E9BB2 #B24E69 #B2974E

monochromatic

#29515D #3B7688 #4E9BB2 #79B3C5 #A3CBD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#4E9BB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#4E9BB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9BB2

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9BB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9BB2	1.00	3.16	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D97B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8CB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9bb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 155, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.083 219.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b8c9',
    500: '#4e9bb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9bb2;
$custom-light: #88b8c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9bb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.8,
    "s": 39.37,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64955,
    "c": 0.08307,
    "h": 219.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9BB2

secondary

#C4A298

accent

#7459CF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9BB2

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

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