#4E9DB5#4E9DB5

#4E9DB5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.085 H 220.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9DB5
RGB	rgb(78, 157, 181)
HSL	hsl(194, 41%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(194, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 13.3%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.84, -17.23, -19.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.84, 26.26, 228.98°)
OKLab	oklab(65.55% -0.0648 -0.055)
OKLCH	oklch(65.55% 0.085 220.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.5361, 29.0676, 48.0774)
Luminance	0.2907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9DB5 #B5664E

analogous

#4EB59A #4E9DB5 #4E69B5

triadic

#4E9DB5 #B54E9D #9DB54E

tetradic

#4E9DB5 #9A4EB5 #B5664E #69B54E

square

#4E9DB5 #9A4EB5 #B5664E #69B54E

split-complementary

#4E9DB5 #B54E69 #B59A4E

monochromatic

#285360 #3A798B #4E9DB5 #79B5C7 #A4CDD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#4E9DB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#4E9DB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9DB5

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9DB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9DB5	1.00	3.08	6.81	6.81
#FFFFFF	3.08	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)

#8E99B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8EB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9db5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 157, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.085 220.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bacb',
    500: '#4e9db5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9db5;
$custom-light: #88bacb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9db5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.981,
    "s": 41.036,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65555,
    "c": 0.08501,
    "h": 220.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9DB5

secondary

#C6A399

accent

#7357D1

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9DB5

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

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