#4E9BBB#4E9BBB

#4E9BBB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.090 H 227.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9BBB
RGB	rgb(78, 155, 187)
HSL	hsl(198, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(198, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 17.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.47, -14.33, -23.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.47, 27.75, 238.90°)
OKLab	oklab(65.33% -0.0603 -0.0662)
OKLCH	oklch(65.33% 0.09 227.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.8294, 28.6480, 51.2779)
Luminance	0.2865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9BBB #BB6E4E

analogous

#4EBBA5 #4E9BBB #4E64BB

triadic

#4E9BBB #BB4E9B #9BBB4E

tetradic

#4E9BBB #A54EBB #BB6E4E #64BB4E

square

#4E9BBB #A54EBB #BB6E4E #64BB4E

split-complementary

#4E9BBB #BB4E64 #BBA54E

monochromatic

#285467 #397993 #4E9BBB #7AB4CC #A6CDDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#4E9BBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#4E9BBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9BBB

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9BBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9BBB	1.00	3.12	6.73	6.73
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A98BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8DBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9bbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 155, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.090 227.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b8cf',
    500: '#4e9bbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9bbb;
$custom-light: #89b8cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9bbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.615,
    "s": 44.49,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65332,
    "c": 0.08952,
    "h": 227.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9BBB

secondary

#CAA99B

accent

#7954D4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9BBB

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

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