#4E9CB0#4E9CB0

#4E9CB0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.082 H 216.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9CB0
RGB	rgb(78, 156, 176)
HSL	hsl(192, 39%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(192, 56%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.7%, 11.4%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.36, -18.19, -17.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.36, 25.40, 224.24°)
OKLab	oklab(65.11% -0.0657 -0.0491)
OKLCH	oklch(65.11% 0.082 216.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.8637, 28.5291, 45.3677)
Luminance	0.2853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9CB0 #B0624E

analogous

#4EB093 #4E9CB0 #4E6BB0

triadic

#4E9CB0 #B04E9C #9CB04E

tetradic

#4E9CB0 #934EB0 #B0624E #6BB04E

square

#4E9CB0 #934EB0 #B0624E #6BB04E

split-complementary

#4E9CB0 #B04E6B #B0934E

monochromatic

#28515B #3B7686 #4E9CB0 #78B4C3 #A2CBD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#4E9CB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#4E9CB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9CB0

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9CB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9CB0	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F98B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808DB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9cb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 156, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.082 216.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b9c7',
    500: '#4e9cb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9cb0;
$custom-light: #88b9c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9cb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.245,
    "s": 38.583,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65113,
    "c": 0.08201,
    "h": 216.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9CB0

secondary

#C3A097

accent

#7159CF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9CB0

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

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