#4E9CBC#4E9CBC

#4E9CBC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.090 H 227.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9CBC
RGB	rgb(78, 156, 188)
HSL	hsl(197, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(197, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 17%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.80, -14.57, -23.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.80, 27.91, 238.54°)
OKLab	oklab(65.61% -0.061 -0.0663)
OKLCH	oklch(65.61% 0.09 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.1039, 29.0252, 51.8994)
Luminance	0.2903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9CBC #BC6E4E

analogous

#4EBCA5 #4E9CBC #4E65BC

triadic

#4E9CBC #BC4E9C #9CBC4E

tetradic

#4E9CBC #A54EBC #BC6E4E #65BC4E

square

#4E9CBC #A54EBC #BC6E4E #65BC4E

split-complementary

#4E9CBC #BC4E65 #BCA54E

monochromatic

#275568 #387A95 #4E9CBC #7AB5CD #A7CEDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#4E9CBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#4E9CBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9CBC

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9CBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9CBC	1.00	3.09	6.81	6.81
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B99BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8EBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9cbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 156, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.090 227.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b9d0',
    500: '#4e9cbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9cbc;
$custom-light: #89b9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9cbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.455,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65611,
    "c": 0.09012,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9CBC

secondary

#CBA99B

accent

#7953D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9CBC

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

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