#4E9DBB#4E9DBB

#4E9DBB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.089 H 225.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9DBB
RGB	rgb(78, 157, 187)
HSL	hsl(197, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(197, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 16%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.06, -15.41, -22.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.06, 27.56, 236.00°)
OKLab	oklab(65.8% -0.0625 -0.0636)
OKLCH	oklch(65.8% 0.089 225.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.1650, 29.3192, 51.3898)
Luminance	0.2932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9DBB #BB6C4E

analogous

#4EBBA3 #4E9DBB #4E67BB

triadic

#4E9DBB #BB4E9D #9DBB4E

tetradic

#4E9DBB #A34EBB #BB6C4E #67BB4E

square

#4E9DBB #A34EBB #BB6C4E #67BB4E

split-complementary

#4E9DBB #BB4E67 #BBA34E

monochromatic

#285667 #397A93 #4E9DBB #7AB5CC #A6CEDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#4E9DBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#4E9DBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9DBB

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9DBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9DBB	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)

#8D9ABD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8EBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9dbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 157, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.089 225.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bacf',
    500: '#4e9dbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9dbb;
$custom-light: #89bacf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9dbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.514,
    "s": 44.49,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65804,
    "c": 0.08917,
    "h": 225.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9DBB

secondary

#CAA89B

accent

#7754D4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9DBB

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

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