#4E9DB8#4E9DB8

#4E9DB8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.087 H 223.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9DB8
RGB	rgb(78, 157, 184)
HSL	hsl(195, 43%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(195, 58%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 14.7%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.95, -16.33, -21.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.95, 26.86, 232.57°)
OKLab	oklab(65.68% -0.0637 -0.0593)
OKLCH	oklch(65.68% 0.087 223)
XYZ	xyz(23.8472, 29.1921, 49.7160)
Luminance	0.2919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9DB8 #B8694E

analogous

#4EB89E #4E9DB8 #4E68B8

triadic

#4E9DB8 #B84E9D #9DB84E

tetradic

#4E9DB8 #9E4EB8 #B8694E #68B84E

square

#4E9DB8 #9E4EB8 #B8694E #68B84E

split-complementary

#4E9DB8 #B84E68 #B89E4E

monochromatic

#285464 #39798F #4E9DB8 #7AB5CA #A5CDDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#4E9DB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.84

#4E9DB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9DB8

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9DB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9DB8	1.00	3.07	6.84	6.84
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D9AB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8EB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9db8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 157, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.087 223.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bacd',
    500: '#4e9db8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9db8;
$custom-light: #89bacd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9db8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.283,
    "s": 42.742,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65678,
    "c": 0.08699,
    "h": 223
  },
  "luminance": 0.29194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9DB8

secondary

#C8A59A

accent

#7555D3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9DB8

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

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