#4E9BB4#4E9BB4

#4E9BB4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.084 H 221.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9BB4
RGB	rgb(78, 155, 180)
HSL	hsl(195, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(195, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 13.9%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.21, -16.46, -20.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.21, 26.07, 230.84°)
OKLab	oklab(65.04% -0.063 -0.0561)
OKLCH	oklch(65.04% 0.084 221.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.0982, 28.3555, 47.4271)
Luminance	0.2836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9BB4 #B4674E

analogous

#4EB49A #4E9BB4 #4E68B4

triadic

#4E9BB4 #B44E9B #9BB44E

tetradic

#4E9BB4 #9A4EB4 #B4674E #68B44E

square

#4E9BB4 #9A4EB4 #B4674E #68B44E

split-complementary

#4E9BB4 #B44E68 #B49A4E

monochromatic

#28525F #3B778A #4E9BB4 #79B3C6 #A4CCD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#4E9BB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#4E9BB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9BB4

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9BB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9BB4	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C98B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8CB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9bb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 155, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.084 221.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b8ca',
    500: '#4e9bb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9bb4;
$custom-light: #88b8ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9bb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.706,
    "s": 40.476,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65037,
    "c": 0.08435,
    "h": 221.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9BB4

secondary

#C6A398

accent

#7557D0

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9BB4

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

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