#4E9CB9#4E9CB9

#4E9CB9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.088 H 224.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9CB9
RGB	rgb(78, 156, 185)
HSL	hsl(196, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(196, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 15.7%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.69, -15.49, -22.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.69, 27.14, 235.22°)
OKLab	oklab(65.48% -0.0622 -0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(65.48% 0.088 224.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.7839, 28.8972, 50.2139)
Luminance	0.2890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9CB9 #B96B4E

analogous

#4EB9A1 #4E9CB9 #4E67B9

triadic

#4E9CB9 #B94E9C #9CB94E

tetradic

#4E9CB9 #A14EB9 #B96B4E #67B94E

square

#4E9CB9 #A14EB9 #B96B4E #67B94E

split-complementary

#4E9CB9 #B94E67 #B9A14E

monochromatic

#285465 #397991 #4E9CB9 #7AB5CA #A6CDDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#4E9CB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#4E9CB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9CB9

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9CB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9CB9	1.00	3.10	6.78	6.78
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C99BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8DB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9cb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 156, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.088 224.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b9ce',
    500: '#4e9cb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9cb9;
$custom-light: #89b9ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9cb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.262,
    "s": 43.32,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65483,
    "c": 0.0878,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9CB9

secondary

#C9A79A

accent

#7755D3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9CB9

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

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