#4E9BB8#4E9BB8

#4E9BB8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.087 H 225.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9BB8
RGB	rgb(78, 155, 184)
HSL	hsl(196, 43%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(196, 58%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 15.8%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.36, -15.25, -22.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.36, 26.97, 235.56°)
OKLab	oklab(65.2% -0.0614 -0.0619)
OKLCH	oklch(65.2% 0.087 225.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.5116, 28.5209, 49.6041)
Luminance	0.2852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9BB8 #B86B4E

analogous

#4EB8A0 #4E9BB8 #4E66B8

triadic

#4E9BB8 #B84E9B #9BB84E

tetradic

#4E9BB8 #A04EB8 #B86B4E #66B84E

square

#4E9BB8 #A04EB8 #B86B4E #66B84E

split-complementary

#4E9BB8 #B84E66 #B8A04E

monochromatic

#285364 #39788F #4E9BB8 #7AB4CA #A5CCDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#4E9BB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#4E9BB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9BB8

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9BB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9BB8	1.00	3.13	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.13	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)

#8B98BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8DB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9bb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 155, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.087 225.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b8cd',
    500: '#4e9bb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9bb8;
$custom-light: #88b8cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9bb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.415,
    "s": 42.742,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65204,
    "c": 0.08718,
    "h": 225.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9BB8

secondary

#C8A69A

accent

#7855D3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9BB8

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

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