#4E9DBA#4E9DBA

#4E9DBA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.088 H 224.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9DBA
RGB	rgb(78, 157, 186)
HSL	hsl(196, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(196, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 15.6%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.02, -15.72, -22.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.02, 27.32, 234.88°)
OKLab	oklab(65.76% -0.0629 -0.0622)
OKLCH	oklch(65.76% 0.088 224.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.0583, 29.2765, 50.8279)
Luminance	0.2928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9DBA #BA6B4E

analogous

#4EBAA1 #4E9DBA #4E67BA

triadic

#4E9DBA #BA4E9D #9DBA4E

tetradic

#4E9DBA #A14EBA #BA6B4E #67BA4E

square

#4E9DBA #A14EBA #BA6B4E #67BA4E

split-complementary

#4E9DBA #BA4E67 #BAA14E

monochromatic

#285566 #397A92 #4E9DBA #7AB5CB #A6CEDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#4E9DBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#4E9DBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9DBA

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9DBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9DBA	1.00	3.06	6.86	6.86
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D9ABC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8EBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9dba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 157, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.088 224.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bace',
    500: '#4e9dba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9dba;
$custom-light: #89bace;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9dba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.111,
    "s": 43.902,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65762,
    "c": 0.08843,
    "h": 224.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9DBA

secondary

#CAA79A

accent

#7654D4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9DBA

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

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