#4E9CB4#4E9CB4

#4E9CB4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.084 H 220.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9CB4
RGB	rgb(78, 156, 180)
HSL	hsl(194, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(194, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 13.3%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.51, -17.00, -19.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.51, 26.06, 229.29°)
OKLab	oklab(65.28% -0.0641 -0.0548)
OKLCH	oklch(65.28% 0.084 220.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.2654, 28.6897, 47.4828)
Luminance	0.2869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9CB4 #B4664E

analogous

#4EB499 #4E9CB4 #4E69B4

triadic

#4E9CB4 #B44E9C #9CB44E

tetradic

#4E9CB4 #994EB4 #B4664E #69B44E

square

#4E9CB4 #994EB4 #B4664E #69B44E

split-complementary

#4E9CB4 #B44E69 #B4994E

monochromatic

#28525F #3B778A #4E9CB4 #79B4C6 #A4CCD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#4E9CB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#4E9CB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9CB4

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9CB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9CB4	1.00	3.12	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D98B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8DB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9cb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 156, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.084 220.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b9ca',
    500: '#4e9cb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9cb4;
$custom-light: #88b9ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9cb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.118,
    "s": 40.476,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65275,
    "c": 0.08436,
    "h": 220.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9CB4

secondary

#C6A398

accent

#7457D0

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9CB4

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

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