#4E9CB8#4E9CB8

#4E9CB8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.087 H 224.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9CB8
RGB	rgb(78, 156, 184)
HSL	hsl(196, 43%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(196, 58%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 15.2%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.65, -15.79, -21.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.65, 26.91, 234.07°)
OKLab	oklab(65.44% -0.0625 -0.0606)
OKLCH	oklch(65.44% 0.087 224.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.6787, 28.8551, 49.6598)
Luminance	0.2886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9CB8 #B86A4E

analogous

#4EB89F #4E9CB8 #4E67B8

triadic

#4E9CB8 #B84E9C #9CB84E

tetradic

#4E9CB8 #9F4EB8 #B86A4E #67B84E

square

#4E9CB8 #9F4EB8 #B86A4E #67B84E

split-complementary

#4E9CB8 #B84E67 #B89F4E

monochromatic

#285464 #39798F #4E9CB8 #7AB4CA #A5CDDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#4E9CB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#4E9CB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9CB8

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9CB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9CB8	1.00	3.10	6.77	6.77
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C99B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8DB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9cb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 156, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.087 224.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b9cd',
    500: '#4e9cb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9cb8;
$custom-light: #89b9cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9cb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.849,
    "s": 42.742,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65441,
    "c": 0.08707,
    "h": 224.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9CB8

secondary

#C8A69A

accent

#7655D3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9CB8

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

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