#4E9CB1#4E9CB1

#4E9CB1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.083 H 217.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9CB1
RGB	rgb(78, 156, 177)
HSL	hsl(193, 39%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(193, 56%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 11.9%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.40, -17.90, -18.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.40, 25.55, 225.53°)
OKLab	oklab(65.15% -0.0653 -0.0505)
OKLCH	oklch(65.15% 0.083 217.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.9631, 28.5688, 45.8907)
Luminance	0.2857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9CB1 #B1634E

analogous

#4EB194 #4E9CB1 #4E6BB1

triadic

#4E9CB1 #B14E9C #9CB14E

tetradic

#4E9CB1 #944EB1 #B1634E #6BB14E

square

#4E9CB1 #944EB1 #B1634E #6BB14E

split-complementary

#4E9CB1 #B14E6B #B1944E

monochromatic

#29515C #3B7787 #4E9CB1 #78B4C4 #A3CCD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#4E9CB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#4E9CB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9CB1

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9CB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9CB1	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)

#8E98B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8DB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9cb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 156, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.083 217.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b9c8',
    500: '#4e9cb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9cb1;
$custom-light: #88b9c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9cb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.727,
    "s": 38.824,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65153,
    "c": 0.08256,
    "h": 217.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9CB1

secondary

#C4A197

accent

#7259CF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9CB1

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

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