#4E9CB5#4E9CB5

#4E9CB5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.085 H 221.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9CB5
RGB	rgb(78, 156, 181)
HSL	hsl(195, 41%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(195, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 13.8%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.54, -16.70, -20.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.54, 26.26, 230.51°)
OKLab	oklab(65.32% -0.0637 -0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(65.32% 0.085 221.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.3676, 28.7306, 48.0212)
Luminance	0.2873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9CB5 #B5674E

analogous

#4EB59A #4E9CB5 #4E68B5

triadic

#4E9CB5 #B54E9C #9CB54E

tetradic

#4E9CB5 #9A4EB5 #B5674E #68B54E

square

#4E9CB5 #9A4EB5 #B5674E #68B54E

split-complementary

#4E9CB5 #B54E68 #B59A4E

monochromatic

#285360 #3A788B #4E9CB5 #79B4C7 #A4CCD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#4E9CB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#4E9CB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9CB5

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9CB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9CB5	1.00	3.11	6.75	6.75
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D98B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8DB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9cb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 156, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.085 221.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b9cb',
    500: '#4e9cb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9cb5;
$custom-light: #88b9cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9cb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.563,
    "s": 41.036,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65316,
    "c": 0.085,
    "h": 221.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9CB5

secondary

#C6A499

accent

#7557D1

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9CB5

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

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