#4E9DAD#4E9DAD

#4E9DAD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.081 H 212.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9DAD
RGB	rgb(78, 157, 173)
HSL	hsl(190, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(190, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 9.2%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.56, -19.60, -15.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.56, 25.13, 218.74°)
OKLab	oklab(65.24% -0.068 -0.0435)
OKLCH	oklch(65.24% 0.081 212.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.7387, 28.7487, 43.8778)
Luminance	0.2875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9DAD #AD5E4E

analogous

#4EAD8E #4E9DAD #4E6EAD

triadic

#4E9DAD #AD4E9D #9DAD4E

tetradic

#4E9DAD #8E4EAD #AD5E4E #6EAD4E

square

#4E9DAD #8E4EAD #AD5E4E #6EAD4E

split-complementary

#4E9DAD #AD4E6E #AD8E4E

monochromatic

#285059 #3B7783 #4E9DAD #77B5C2 #A1CCD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#4E9DAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#4E9DAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9DAD

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9DAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9DAD	1.00	3.11	6.75	6.75
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9098AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828DAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9dad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 157, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.081 212.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bac5',
    500: '#4e9dad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9dad;
$custom-light: #88bac5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9dad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.105,
    "s": 37.849,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65235,
    "c": 0.08077,
    "h": 212.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9DAD

secondary

#C29D95

accent

#6E5ACE

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9DAD

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

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