#4E9DB3#4E9DB3

#4E9DB3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.084 H 218.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9DB3
RGB	rgb(78, 157, 179)
HSL	hsl(193, 40%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(193, 56%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 12.3%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.77, -17.83, -18.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.77, 25.91, 226.51°)
OKLab	oklab(65.47% -0.0656 -0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(65.47% 0.084 218.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.3323, 28.9861, 47.0044)
Luminance	0.2899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9DB3 #B3644E

analogous

#4EB396 #4E9DB3 #4E6BB3

triadic

#4E9DB3 #B34E9D #9DB34E

tetradic

#4E9DB3 #964EB3 #B3644E #6BB34E

square

#4E9DB3 #964EB3 #B3644E #6BB34E

split-complementary

#4E9DB3 #B34E6B #B3964E

monochromatic

#28525E #3B7889 #4E9DB3 #79B5C5 #A4CCD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#4E9DB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#4E9DB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9DB3

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9DB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9DB3	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F99B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808EB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9db3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 157, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.084 218.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bac9',
    500: '#4e9db3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9db3;
$custom-light: #88bac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9db3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.069,
    "s": 39.921,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65473,
    "c": 0.08381,
    "h": 218.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9DB3

secondary

#C5A298

accent

#7258D0

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9DB3

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

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