#4E9CB7#4E9CB7

#4E9CB7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.086 H 223.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9CB7
RGB	rgb(78, 156, 183)
HSL	hsl(195, 42%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(195, 57%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 14.8%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.62, -16.09, -21.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.62, 26.68, 232.90°)
OKLab	oklab(65.4% -0.0629 -0.0591)
OKLCH	oklch(65.4% 0.086 223.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.5743, 28.8133, 49.1097)
Luminance	0.2882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9CB7 #B7694E

analogous

#4EB79E #4E9CB7 #4E67B7

triadic

#4E9CB7 #B74E9C #9CB74E

tetradic

#4E9CB7 #9E4EB7 #B7694E #67B74E

square

#4E9CB7 #9E4EB7 #B7694E #67B74E

split-complementary

#4E9CB7 #B74E67 #B79E4E

monochromatic

#285363 #3A788E #4E9CB7 #7AB4C9 #A5CDDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#4E9CB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#4E9CB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9CB7

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9CB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9CB7	1.00	3.11	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D99B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8DB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9cb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 156, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.086 223.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b9cc',
    500: '#4e9cb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9cb7;
$custom-light: #88b9cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9cb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.429,
    "s": 42.169,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65399,
    "c": 0.08636,
    "h": 223.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9CB7

secondary

#C8A599

accent

#7656D2

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9CB7

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

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