#4E9DB6#4E9DB6

#4E9DB6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.086 H 221.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9DB6
RGB	rgb(78, 157, 182)
HSL	hsl(194, 42%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(194, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 13.7%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.88, -16.93, -20.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.88, 26.45, 230.20°)
OKLab	oklab(65.6% -0.0644 -0.0564)
OKLCH	oklch(65.6% 0.086 221.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.6391, 29.1088, 48.6197)
Luminance	0.2911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9DB6 #B6674E

analogous

#4EB69B #4E9DB6 #4E69B6

triadic

#4E9DB6 #B64E9D #9DB64E

tetradic

#4E9DB6 #9B4EB6 #B6674E #69B64E

square

#4E9DB6 #9B4EB6 #B6674E #69B64E

split-complementary

#4E9DB6 #B64E69 #B69B4E

monochromatic

#285461 #3A798D #4E9DB6 #79B5C8 #A5CDDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#4E9DB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#4E9DB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9DB6

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9DB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9DB6	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E99B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8EB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9db6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 157, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.086 221.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bacc',
    500: '#4e9db6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9db6;
$custom-light: #88bacc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9db6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.423,
    "s": 41.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65596,
    "c": 0.08565,
    "h": 221.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9DB6

secondary

#C7A499

accent

#7456D1

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9DB6

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

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