#4E9CB2#4E9CB2

#4E9CB2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.083 H 218.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9CB2
RGB	rgb(78, 156, 178)
HSL	hsl(193, 39%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(193, 56%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.2%, 12.4%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.43, -17.60, -18.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.43, 25.71, 226.80°)
OKLab	oklab(65.19% -0.0649 -0.052)
OKLCH	oklch(65.19% 0.083 218.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.0631, 28.6088, 46.4175)
Luminance	0.2861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9CB2 #B2644E

analogous

#4EB296 #4E9CB2 #4E6AB2

triadic

#4E9CB2 #B24E9C #9CB24E

tetradic

#4E9CB2 #964EB2 #B2644E #6AB24E

square

#4E9CB2 #964EB2 #B2644E #6AB24E

split-complementary

#4E9CB2 #B24E6A #B2964E

monochromatic

#29525D #3B7788 #4E9CB2 #79B4C5 #A3CCD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#4E9CB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#4E9CB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9CB2

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9CB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9CB2	1.00	3.12	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E98B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8DB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9cb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 156, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.083 218.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b9c9',
    500: '#4e9cb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9cb2;
$custom-light: #88b9c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9cb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.2,
    "s": 39.37,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65194,
    "c": 0.08314,
    "h": 218.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9CB2

secondary

#C4A198

accent

#7359CF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9CB2

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

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