#4E9CB6#4E9CB6

#4E9CB6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.086 H 222.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9CB6
RGB	rgb(78, 156, 182)
HSL	hsl(195, 42%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(195, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 14.3%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.58, -16.40, -20.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.58, 26.47, 231.72°)
OKLab	oklab(65.36% -0.0633 -0.0577)
OKLCH	oklch(65.36% 0.086 222.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.4706, 28.7718, 48.5635)
Luminance	0.2877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9CB6 #B6684E

analogous

#4EB69C #4E9CB6 #4E68B6

triadic

#4E9CB6 #B64E9C #9CB64E

tetradic

#4E9CB6 #9C4EB6 #B6684E #68B64E

square

#4E9CB6 #9C4EB6 #B6684E #68B64E

split-complementary

#4E9CB6 #B64E68 #B69C4E

monochromatic

#285361 #3A788D #4E9CB6 #79B4C8 #A5CCDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#4E9CB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#4E9CB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9CB6

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9CB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9CB6	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)

#8D99B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8DB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9cb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 156, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.086 222.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b9cc',
    500: '#4e9cb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9cb6;
$custom-light: #88b9cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9cb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 41.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65358,
    "c": 0.08567,
    "h": 222.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9CB6

secondary

#C7A499

accent

#7556D1

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9CB6

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

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