#4E9BB6#4E9BB6

#4E9BB6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.086 H 223.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9BB6
RGB	rgb(78, 155, 182)
HSL	hsl(196, 42%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(196, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 14.8%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.28, -15.86, -21.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.28, 26.50, 233.24°)
OKLab	oklab(65.12% -0.0622 -0.059)
OKLCH	oklch(65.12% 0.086 223.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.3035, 28.4376, 48.5078)
Luminance	0.2844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9BB6 #B6694E

analogous

#4EB69D #4E9BB6 #4E67B6

triadic

#4E9BB6 #B64E9B #9BB64E

tetradic

#4E9BB6 #9D4EB6 #B6694E #67B64E

square

#4E9BB6 #9D4EB6 #B6694E #67B64E

split-complementary

#4E9BB6 #B64E67 #B69D4E

monochromatic

#285361 #3A778D #4E9BB6 #79B3C8 #A5CCDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#4E9BB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#4E9BB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9BB6

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9BB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9BB6	1.00	3.14	6.69	6.69
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C98B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8CB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9bb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 155, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.086 223.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b8cc',
    500: '#4e9bb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9bb6;
$custom-light: #88b8cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9bb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.577,
    "s": 41.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6512,
    "c": 0.08572,
    "h": 223.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9BB6

secondary

#C7A599

accent

#7656D1

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9BB6

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

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