#4E9DB7#4E9DB7

#4E9DB7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.086 H 222.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9DB7
RGB	rgb(78, 157, 183)
HSL	hsl(195, 42%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(195, 57%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 14.2%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.91, -16.63, -20.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.91, 26.65, 231.39°)
OKLab	oklab(65.64% -0.064 -0.0579)
OKLCH	oklch(65.64% 0.086 222.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.7428, 29.1503, 49.1659)
Luminance	0.2915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9DB7 #B7684E

analogous

#4EB79C #4E9DB7 #4E68B7

triadic

#4E9DB7 #B74E9D #9DB74E

tetradic

#4E9DB7 #9C4EB7 #B7684E #68B74E

square

#4E9DB7 #9C4EB7 #B7684E #68B74E

split-complementary

#4E9DB7 #B74E68 #B79C4E

monochromatic

#285463 #3A798E #4E9DB7 #7AB5C9 #A5CDDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#4E9DB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#4E9DB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9DB7

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9DB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9DB7	1.00	3.07	6.83	6.83
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E99B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8EB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9db7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 157, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.086 222.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bacc',
    500: '#4e9db7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9db7;
$custom-light: #89bacc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9db7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.857,
    "s": 42.169,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65637,
    "c": 0.08631,
    "h": 222.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9DB7

secondary

#C8A599

accent

#7556D2

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9DB7

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

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