#4E9DB4#4E9DB4

#4E9DB4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.084 H 219.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9DB4
RGB	rgb(78, 157, 180)
HSL	hsl(194, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(194, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 12.8%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.81, -17.53, -19.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.81, 26.08, 227.75°)
OKLab	oklab(65.51% -0.0652 -0.0536)
OKLCH	oklch(65.51% 0.084 219.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.4338, 29.0267, 47.5389)
Luminance	0.2903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9DB4 #B4654E

analogous

#4EB498 #4E9DB4 #4E6AB4

triadic

#4E9DB4 #B44E9D #9DB44E

tetradic

#4E9DB4 #984EB4 #B4654E #6AB44E

square

#4E9DB4 #984EB4 #B4654E #6AB44E

split-complementary

#4E9DB4 #B44E6A #B4984E

monochromatic

#28535F #3B788A #4E9DB4 #79B5C6 #A4CDD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#4E9DB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#4E9DB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9DB4

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9DB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9DB4	1.00	3.09	6.81	6.81
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F99B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808EB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9db4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 157, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.084 219.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88baca',
    500: '#4e9db4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9db4;
$custom-light: #88baca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9db4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.529,
    "s": 40.476,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65514,
    "c": 0.0844,
    "h": 219.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9DB4

secondary

#C6A298

accent

#7357D0

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9DB4

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

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