#4E9BC0#4E9BC0

#4E9BC0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.094 H 231.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9BC0
RGB	rgb(78, 155, 192)
HSL	hsl(199, 48%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(199, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 19.3%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.66, -12.78, -26.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.66, 29.22, 244.06°)
OKLab	oklab(65.55% -0.0584 -0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(65.55% 0.094 231.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.3740, 28.8658, 54.1461)
Luminance	0.2887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9BC0 #C0734E

analogous

#4EC0AC #4E9BC0 #4E62C0

triadic

#4E9BC0 #C04E9B #9BC04E

tetradic

#4E9BC0 #AC4EC0 #C0734E #62C04E

square

#4E9BC0 #AC4EC0 #C0734E #62C04E

split-complementary

#4E9BC0 #C04E62 #C0AC4E

monochromatic

#27566D #377A9A #4E9BC0 #7BB4D0 #A8CEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#4E9BC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#4E9BC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9BC0

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9BC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9BC0	1.00	3.10	6.77	6.77
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8999C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798DBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9bc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 155, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.094 231.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b8d3',
    500: '#4e9bc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9bc0;
$custom-light: #89b8d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9bc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.474,
    "s": 47.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6555,
    "c": 0.09378,
    "h": 231.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9BC0

secondary

#CEAC9C

accent

#7C51D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9BC0

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

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