#4E9BB7#4E9BB7

#4E9BB7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.086 H 224.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9BB7
RGB	rgb(78, 155, 183)
HSL	hsl(196, 42%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(196, 57%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 15.3%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.32, -15.56, -21.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.32, 26.73, 234.41°)
OKLab	oklab(65.16% -0.0618 -0.0604)
OKLCH	oklch(65.16% 0.086 224.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.4072, 28.4791, 49.0540)
Luminance	0.2848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9BB7 #B76A4E

analogous

#4EB79E #4E9BB7 #4E66B7

triadic

#4E9BB7 #B74E9B #9BB74E

tetradic

#4E9BB7 #9E4EB7 #B76A4E #66B74E

square

#4E9BB7 #9E4EB7 #B76A4E #66B74E

split-complementary

#4E9BB7 #B74E66 #B79E4E

monochromatic

#285363 #3A788E #4E9BB7 #7AB4C9 #A5CCDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#4E9BB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#4E9BB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9BB7

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9BB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9BB7	1.00	3.14	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B98B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8CB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9bb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 155, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.086 224.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b8cc',
    500: '#4e9bb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9bb7;
$custom-light: #88b8cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9bb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196,
    "s": 42.169,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65162,
    "c": 0.08644,
    "h": 224.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9BB7

secondary

#C8A699

accent

#7756D2

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9BB7

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

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