#4E9BBD#4E9BBD

#4E9BBD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.091 H 229.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9BBD
RGB	rgb(78, 155, 189)
HSL	hsl(198, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(198, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 18%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.55, -13.71, -24.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.55, 28.31, 241.03°)
OKLab	oklab(65.42% -0.0595 -0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(65.42% 0.091 229.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.0450, 28.7342, 52.4133)
Luminance	0.2874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9BBD #BD704E

analogous

#4EBDA7 #4E9BBD #4E64BD

triadic

#4E9BBD #BD4E9B #9BBD4E

tetradic

#4E9BBD #A74EBD #BD704E #64BD4E

square

#4E9BBD #A74EBD #BD704E #64BD4E

split-complementary

#4E9BBD #BD4E64 #BDA74E

monochromatic

#275569 #387996 #4E9BBD #7BB4CE #A7CDDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#4E9BBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#4E9BBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9BBD

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9BBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9BBD	1.00	3.11	6.75	6.75
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A99BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8DBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9bbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 155, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.091 229.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b8d1',
    500: '#4e9bbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9bbd;
$custom-light: #89b8d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9bbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.378,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65418,
    "c": 0.09118,
    "h": 229.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9BBD

secondary

#CCAA9B

accent

#7B52D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9BBD

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

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