#4E9CB3#4E9CB3

#4E9CB3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.084 H 219.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9CB3
RGB	rgb(78, 156, 179)
HSL	hsl(194, 40%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(194, 56%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 12.8%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.47, -17.30, -19.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.47, 25.88, 228.05°)
OKLab	oklab(65.23% -0.0645 -0.0534)
OKLCH	oklch(65.23% 0.084 219.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.1639, 28.6491, 46.9482)
Luminance	0.2865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9CB3 #B3654E

analogous

#4EB397 #4E9CB3 #4E6AB3

triadic

#4E9CB3 #B34E9C #9CB34E

tetradic

#4E9CB3 #974EB3 #B3654E #6AB34E

square

#4E9CB3 #974EB3 #B3654E #6AB34E

split-complementary

#4E9CB3 #B34E6A #B3974E

monochromatic

#28525E #3B7789 #4E9CB3 #79B4C5 #A4CCD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#4E9CB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#4E9CB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9CB3

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9CB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9CB3	1.00	3.12	6.73	6.73
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E98B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8DB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9cb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 156, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.084 219.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b9c9',
    500: '#4e9cb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9cb3;
$custom-light: #88b9c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9cb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.663,
    "s": 39.921,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65234,
    "c": 0.08373,
    "h": 219.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9CB3

secondary

#C5A298

accent

#7358D0

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9CB3

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

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