#4E9BB3#4E9BB3

#4E9BB3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.084 H 220.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9BB3
RGB	rgb(78, 155, 179)
HSL	hsl(194, 40%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(194, 56%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 13.4%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.17, -16.77, -19.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.17, 25.87, 229.61°)
OKLab	oklab(65% -0.0634 -0.0547)
OKLCH	oklch(65% 0.084 220.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.9967, 28.3149, 46.8925)
Luminance	0.2832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9BB3 #B3664E

analogous

#4EB398 #4E9BB3 #4E69B3

triadic

#4E9BB3 #B34E9B #9BB34E

tetradic

#4E9BB3 #984EB3 #B3664E #69B34E

square

#4E9BB3 #984EB3 #B3664E #69B34E

split-complementary

#4E9BB3 #B34E69 #B3984E

monochromatic

#28515E #3B7689 #4E9BB3 #79B3C5 #A4CBD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#4E9BB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#4E9BB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9BB3

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9BB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9BB3	1.00	3.15	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.15	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)

#8C97B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8CB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9bb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 155, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.084 220.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b8c9',
    500: '#4e9bb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9bb3;
$custom-light: #88b8c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9bb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.257,
    "s": 39.921,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64996,
    "c": 0.08369,
    "h": 220.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9BB3

secondary

#C5A398

accent

#7458D0

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9BB3

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

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