#4E9CBB#4E9CBB

#4E9CBB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.089 H 226.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9CBB
RGB	rgb(78, 156, 187)
HSL	hsl(197, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(197, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 16.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.77, -14.87, -23.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.77, 27.65, 237.45°)
OKLab	oklab(65.57% -0.0614 -0.0649)
OKLCH	oklch(65.57% 0.089 226.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.9965, 28.9822, 51.3336)
Luminance	0.2898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9CBB #BB6D4E

analogous

#4EBBA4 #4E9CBB #4E66BB

triadic

#4E9CBB #BB4E9C #9CBB4E

tetradic

#4E9CBB #A44EBB #BB6D4E #66BB4E

square

#4E9CBB #A44EBB #BB6D4E #66BB4E

split-complementary

#4E9CBB #BB4E66 #BBA44E

monochromatic

#285567 #397993 #4E9CBB #7AB5CC #A6CDDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#4E9CBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#4E9CBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9CBB

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9CBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9CBB	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B99BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8EBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9cbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 156, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.089 226.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b9cf',
    500: '#4e9cbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9cbb;
$custom-light: #89b9cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9cbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.064,
    "s": 44.49,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65568,
    "c": 0.08933,
    "h": 226.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9CBB

secondary

#CAA89B

accent

#7854D4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9CBB

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

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