#4E9CAE#4E9CAE

#4E9CAE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.081 H 214.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9CAE
RGB	rgb(78, 156, 174)
HSL	hsl(191, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(191, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 10.3%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.29, -18.78, -16.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.29, 25.13, 221.63°)
OKLab	oklab(65.03% -0.0665 -0.0462)
OKLCH	oklch(65.03% 0.081 214.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.6673, 28.4505, 44.3332)
Luminance	0.2845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9CAE #AE604E

analogous

#4EAE90 #4E9CAE #4E6CAE

triadic

#4E9CAE #AE4E9C #9CAE4E

tetradic

#4E9CAE #904EAE #AE604E #6CAE4E

square

#4E9CAE #904EAE #AE604E #6CAE4E

split-complementary

#4E9CAE #AE4E6C #AE904E

monochromatic

#285059 #3B7684 #4E9CAE #77B4C2 #A1CBD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#4E9CAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#4E9CAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9CAE

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9CAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9CAE	1.00	3.14	6.69	6.69
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F98AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808DAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9cae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 156, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.081 214.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b9c6',
    500: '#4e9cae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9cae;
$custom-light: #88b9c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9cae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.25,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65034,
    "c": 0.08098,
    "h": 214.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9CAE

secondary

#C29E96

accent

#705ACE

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9CAE

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

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