#4E9BB9#4E9BB9

#4E9BB9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.088 H 226.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9BB9
RGB	rgb(78, 155, 185)
HSL	hsl(197, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(197, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 16.2%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.39, -14.95, -22.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.39, 27.22, 236.70°)
OKLab	oklab(65.25% -0.061 -0.0633)
OKLCH	oklch(65.25% 0.088 226)
XYZ	xyz(23.6168, 28.5629, 50.1581)
Luminance	0.2857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9BB9 #B96C4E

analogous

#4EB9A2 #4E9BB9 #4E66B9

triadic

#4E9BB9 #B94E9B #9BB94E

tetradic

#4E9BB9 #A24EB9 #B96C4E #66B94E

square

#4E9BB9 #A24EB9 #B96C4E #66B94E

split-complementary

#4E9BB9 #B94E66 #B9A24E

monochromatic

#285465 #397891 #4E9BB9 #7AB4CA #A6CDDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#4E9BB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#4E9BB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9BB9

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9BB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9BB9	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B98BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8DB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9bb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 155, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.088 226.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b8ce',
    500: '#4e9bb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9bb9;
$custom-light: #89b8ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9bb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.822,
    "s": 43.32,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65246,
    "c": 0.08794,
    "h": 226
  },
  "luminance": 0.28565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9BB9

secondary

#C9A79A

accent

#7855D3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9BB9

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

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