#4E9CAF#4E9CAF

#4E9CAF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.081 H 215.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9CAF
RGB	rgb(78, 156, 175)
HSL	hsl(192, 38%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(192, 55%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.4%, 10.9%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.33, -18.49, -17.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.33, 25.26, 222.94°)
OKLab	oklab(65.07% -0.0661 -0.0477)
OKLCH	oklch(65.07% 0.081 215.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.7652, 28.4897, 44.8485)
Luminance	0.2849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9CAF #AF614E

analogous

#4EAF92 #4E9CAF #4E6BAF

triadic

#4E9CAF #AF4E9C #9CAF4E

tetradic

#4E9CAF #924EAF #AF614E #6BAF4E

square

#4E9CAF #924EAF #AF614E #6BAF4E

split-complementary

#4E9CAF #AF4E6B #AF924E

monochromatic

#28515A #3B7685 #4E9CAF #78B4C3 #A2CBD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#4E9CAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#4E9CAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9CAF

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9CAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9CAF	1.00	3.14	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F98B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808DAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9caf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 156, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.081 215.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b9c6',
    500: '#4e9caf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9caf;
$custom-light: #88b9c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9caf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.753,
    "s": 38.34,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65073,
    "c": 0.08148,
    "h": 215.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9CAF

secondary

#C39F96

accent

#705ACE

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9CAF

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

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