#4E9BBC#4E9BBC

#4E9BBC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.090 H 228.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9BBC
RGB	rgb(78, 155, 188)
HSL	hsl(198, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(198, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 17.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.51, -14.02, -24.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.51, 28.02, 239.97°)
OKLab	oklab(65.38% -0.0599 -0.0676)
OKLCH	oklch(65.38% 0.09 228.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.9368, 28.6910, 51.8437)
Luminance	0.2869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9BBC #BC6F4E

analogous

#4EBCA6 #4E9BBC #4E64BC

triadic

#4E9BBC #BC4E9B #9BBC4E

tetradic

#4E9BBC #A64EBC #BC6F4E #64BC4E

square

#4E9BBC #A64EBC #BC6F4E #64BC4E

split-complementary

#4E9BBC #BC4E64 #BCA64E

monochromatic

#275568 #387995 #4E9BBC #7AB4CD #A7CDDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#4E9BBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#4E9BBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9BBC

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9BBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9BBC	1.00	3.12	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A99BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8DBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9bbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 155, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.090 228.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b8d0',
    500: '#4e9bbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9bbc;
$custom-light: #89b8d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9bbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65375,
    "c": 0.09033,
    "h": 228.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9BBC

secondary

#CBA99B

accent

#7A53D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9BBC

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

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