#4E9BB5#4E9BB5

#4E9BB5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.085 H 222.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9BB5
RGB	rgb(78, 155, 181)
HSL	hsl(195, 41%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(195, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 14.4%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.25, -16.16, -20.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.25, 26.28, 232.05°)
OKLab	oklab(65.08% -0.0626 -0.0576)
OKLCH	oklch(65.08% 0.085 222.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.2005, 28.3964, 47.9655)
Luminance	0.2840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9BB5 #B5684E

analogous

#4EB59C #4E9BB5 #4E67B5

triadic

#4E9BB5 #B54E9B #9BB54E

tetradic

#4E9BB5 #9C4EB5 #B5684E #67B54E

square

#4E9BB5 #9C4EB5 #B5684E #67B54E

split-complementary

#4E9BB5 #B54E67 #B59C4E

monochromatic

#285260 #3A778B #4E9BB5 #79B3C7 #A4CCD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#4E9BB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#4E9BB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9BB5

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9BB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9BB5	1.00	3.14	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C98B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8CB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9bb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 155, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.085 222.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b8cb',
    500: '#4e9bb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9bb5;
$custom-light: #88b8cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9bb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.146,
    "s": 41.036,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65078,
    "c": 0.08503,
    "h": 222.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9BB5

secondary

#C6A499

accent

#7657D1

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9BB5

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

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