#4E9CBA#4E9CBA

#4E9CBA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.089 H 225.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9CBA
RGB	rgb(78, 156, 186)
HSL	hsl(197, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(197, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 16.1%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.73, -15.18, -22.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.73, 27.39, 236.34°)
OKLab	oklab(65.53% -0.0618 -0.0635)
OKLCH	oklch(65.53% 0.089 225.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.8898, 28.9395, 50.7718)
Luminance	0.2894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9CBA #BA6C4E

analogous

#4EBAA2 #4E9CBA #4E66BA

triadic

#4E9CBA #BA4E9C #9CBA4E

tetradic

#4E9CBA #A24EBA #BA6C4E #66BA4E

square

#4E9CBA #A24EBA #BA6C4E #66BA4E

split-complementary

#4E9CBA #BA4E66 #BAA24E

monochromatic

#285566 #397992 #4E9CBA #7AB5CB #A6CDDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#4E9CBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#4E9CBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9CBA

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9CBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9CBA	1.00	3.09	6.79	6.79
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C99BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8DBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9cba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 156, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.089 225.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b9ce',
    500: '#4e9cba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9cba;
$custom-light: #89b9ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9cba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.667,
    "s": 43.902,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65525,
    "c": 0.08856,
    "h": 225.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9CBA

secondary

#CAA79A

accent

#7854D4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9CBA

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

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