#4E9CBE#4E9CBE

#4E9CBE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.092 H 228.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9CBE
RGB	rgb(78, 156, 190)
HSL	hsl(198, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(198, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 17.9%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.88, -13.95, -24.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.88, 28.47, 240.66°)
OKLab	oklab(65.7% -0.0603 -0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(65.7% 0.092 228.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.3210, 29.1120, 53.0427)
Luminance	0.2911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9CBE #BE704E

analogous

#4EBEA8 #4E9CBE #4E64BE

triadic

#4E9CBE #BE4E9C #9CBE4E

tetradic

#4E9CBE #A84EBE #BE704E #64BE4E

square

#4E9CBE #A84EBE #BE704E #64BE4E

split-complementary

#4E9CBE #BE4E64 #BEA84E

monochromatic

#27566A #387A97 #4E9CBE #7BB5CE #A8CEDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#4E9CBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#4E9CBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9CBE

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9CBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9CBE	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9AC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8EBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9cbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 156, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.092 228.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b9d1',
    500: '#4e9cbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9cbe;
$custom-light: #89b9d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9cbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.214,
    "s": 46.281,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65697,
    "c": 0.09176,
    "h": 228.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9CBE

secondary

#CCAA9C

accent

#7A52D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9CBE

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

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