#4E9DB2#4E9DB2

#4E9DB2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.083 H 217.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9DB2
RGB	rgb(78, 157, 178)
HSL	hsl(193, 39%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(193, 56%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.2%, 11.8%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.73, -18.13, -18.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.73, 25.75, 225.24°)
OKLab	oklab(65.43% -0.066 -0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(65.43% 0.083 217.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.2316, 28.9458, 46.4737)
Luminance	0.2895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9DB2 #B2634E

analogous

#4EB295 #4E9DB2 #4E6BB2

triadic

#4E9DB2 #B24E9D #9DB24E

tetradic

#4E9DB2 #954EB2 #B2634E #6BB24E

square

#4E9DB2 #954EB2 #B2634E #6BB24E

split-complementary

#4E9DB2 #B24E6B #B2954E

monochromatic

#29525D #3B7888 #4E9DB2 #79B5C5 #A3CCD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#4E9DB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#4E9DB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9DB2

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9DB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9DB2	1.00	3.09	6.79	6.79
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F99B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808EB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9db2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 157, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.083 217.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bac9',
    500: '#4e9db2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9db2;
$custom-light: #88bac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9db2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.6,
    "s": 39.37,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65433,
    "c": 0.08324,
    "h": 217.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9DB2

secondary

#C4A198

accent

#7159CF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9DB2

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

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