#4E9BBA#4E9BBA

#4E9BBA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.089 H 226.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9BBA
RGB	rgb(78, 155, 186)
HSL	hsl(197, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(197, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 16.7%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.43, -14.64, -23.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.43, 27.48, 237.81°)
OKLab	oklab(65.29% -0.0607 -0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(65.29% 0.089 226.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.7227, 28.6053, 50.7161)
Luminance	0.2861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9BBA #BA6D4E

analogous

#4EBAA3 #4E9BBA #4E65BA

triadic

#4E9BBA #BA4E9B #9BBA4E

tetradic

#4E9BBA #A34EBA #BA6D4E #65BA4E

square

#4E9BBA #A34EBA #BA6D4E #65BA4E

split-complementary

#4E9BBA #BA4E65 #BAA34E

monochromatic

#285466 #397892 #4E9BBA #7AB4CB #A6CDDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#4E9BBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#4E9BBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9BBA

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9BBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9BBA	1.00	3.12	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A98BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8DBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9bba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 155, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.089 226.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b8ce',
    500: '#4e9bba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9bba;
$custom-light: #89b8ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9bba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.222,
    "s": 43.902,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65289,
    "c": 0.08872,
    "h": 226.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9BBA

secondary

#CAA89A

accent

#7954D4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9BBA

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

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