#4E9CBD#4E9CBD

#4E9CBD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.091 H 228.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9CBD
RGB	rgb(78, 156, 189)
HSL	hsl(198, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(198, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 17.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.84, -14.26, -24.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.84, 28.19, 239.61°)
OKLab	oklab(65.65% -0.0606 -0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(65.65% 0.091 228.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.2121, 29.0685, 52.4691)
Luminance	0.2907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9CBD #BD6F4E

analogous

#4EBDA7 #4E9CBD #4E64BD

triadic

#4E9CBD #BD4E9C #9CBD4E

tetradic

#4E9CBD #A74EBD #BD6F4E #64BD4E

square

#4E9CBD #A74EBD #BD6F4E #64BD4E

split-complementary

#4E9CBD #BD4E64 #BDA74E

monochromatic

#275669 #387A96 #4E9CBD #7BB5CE #A7CEDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#4E9CBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#4E9CBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9CBD

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9CBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9CBD	1.00	3.08	6.81	6.81
#FFFFFF	3.08	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)

#8B99BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8EBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9cbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 156, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.091 228.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b9d1',
    500: '#4e9cbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9cbd;
$custom-light: #89b9d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9cbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.838,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65654,
    "c": 0.09093,
    "h": 228.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9CBD

secondary

#CCAA9B

accent

#7952D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9CBD

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

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