#4E9DB9#4E9DB9

#4E9DB9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.088 H 223.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9DB9
RGB	rgb(78, 157, 185)
HSL	hsl(196, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(196, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 15.1%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.99, -16.02, -21.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.99, 27.09, 233.73°)
OKLab	oklab(65.72% -0.0633 -0.0607)
OKLCH	oklch(65.72% 0.088 223.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.9524, 29.2342, 50.2700)
Luminance	0.2924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9DB9 #B96A4E

analogous

#4EB9A0 #4E9DB9 #4E68B9

triadic

#4E9DB9 #B94E9D #9DB94E

tetradic

#4E9DB9 #A04EB9 #B96A4E #68B94E

square

#4E9DB9 #A04EB9 #B96A4E #68B94E

split-complementary

#4E9DB9 #B94E68 #B9A04E

monochromatic

#285565 #397A91 #4E9DB9 #7AB5CA #A6CEDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#4E9DB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#4E9DB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9DB9

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9DB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9DB9	1.00	3.07	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D9ABA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8EB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9db9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 157, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.088 223.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bace',
    500: '#4e9db9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9db9;
$custom-light: #89bace;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9db9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.701,
    "s": 43.32,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6572,
    "c": 0.08771,
    "h": 223.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9DB9

secondary

#C9A69A

accent

#7655D3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9DB9

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

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