#4E9DAE#4E9DAE

#4E9DAE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.081 H 213.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9DAE
RGB	rgb(78, 157, 174)
HSL	hsl(191, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(191, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 9.8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.59, -19.31, -16.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.59, 25.23, 220.06°)
OKLab	oklab(65.27% -0.0676 -0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(65.27% 0.081 213.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.8358, 28.7875, 44.3893)
Luminance	0.2879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9DAE #AE5F4E

analogous

#4EAE8F #4E9DAE #4E6DAE

triadic

#4E9DAE #AE4E9D #9DAE4E

tetradic

#4E9DAE #8F4EAE #AE5F4E #6DAE4E

square

#4E9DAE #8F4EAE #AE5F4E #6DAE4E

split-complementary

#4E9DAE #AE4E6D #AE8F4E

monochromatic

#285159 #3B7784 #4E9DAE #77B5C2 #A1CCD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#4E9DAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#4E9DAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9DAE

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9DAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9DAE	1.00	3.11	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9098AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828DAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9dae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 157, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.081 213.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bac6',
    500: '#4e9dae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9dae;
$custom-light: #88bac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9dae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.625,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65274,
    "c": 0.08121,
    "h": 213.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9DAE

secondary

#C29E96

accent

#6E5ACE

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9DAE

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

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