#4E9CBF#4E9CBF

#4E9CBF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.093 H 229.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9CBF
RGB	rgb(78, 156, 191)
HSL	hsl(199, 47%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(199, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 18.3%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.92, -13.64, -25.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.92, 28.76, 241.69°)
OKLab	oklab(65.74% -0.0599 -0.0706)
OKLCH	oklch(65.74% 0.093 229.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.4307, 29.1559, 53.6203)
Luminance	0.2916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9CBF #BF714E

analogous

#4EBFA9 #4E9CBF #4E63BF

triadic

#4E9CBF #BF4E9C #9CBF4E

tetradic

#4E9CBF #A94EBF #BF714E #63BF4E

square

#4E9CBF #A94EBF #BF714E #63BF4E

split-complementary

#4E9CBF #BF4E63 #BFA94E

monochromatic

#27566C #377A99 #4E9CBF #7BB5CF #A8CEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#4E9CBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#4E9CBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9CBF

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9CBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9CBF	1.00	3.07	6.83	6.83
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9AC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8EBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9cbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 156, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.093 229.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b9d2',
    500: '#4e9cbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9cbf;
$custom-light: #89b9d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9cbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.584,
    "s": 46.888,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65741,
    "c": 0.09261,
    "h": 229.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9CBF

secondary

#CDAB9C

accent

#7B51D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9CBF

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

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