#4E9BC5#4E9BC5

#4E9BC5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.098 H 234.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9BC5
RGB	rgb(78, 155, 197)
HSL	hsl(201, 51%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(201, 60%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 21.3%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.86, -11.21, -28.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.86, 30.88, 248.71°)
OKLab	oklab(65.77% -0.0566 -0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(65.77% 0.098 234.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.9374, 29.0912, 57.1135)
Luminance	0.2909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9BC5 #C5784E

analogous

#4EC5B3 #4E9BC5 #4E60C5

triadic

#4E9BC5 #C54E9B #9BC54E

tetradic

#4E9BC5 #B34EC5 #C5784E #60C54E

square

#4E9BC5 #B34EC5 #C5784E #60C54E

split-complementary

#4E9BC5 #C54E60 #C5B34E

monochromatic

#265873 #357BA1 #4E9BC5 #7CB5D4 #AACFE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#4E9BC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#4E9BC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9BC5

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9BC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9BC5	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#879AC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768DC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9bc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 155, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.098 234.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab8d6',
    500: '#4e9bc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9bc5;
$custom-light: #8ab8d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9bc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.176,
    "s": 50.638,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65774,
    "c": 0.09844,
    "h": 234.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9BC5

secondary

#D1B09E

accent

#7F4EDA

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9BC5

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

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