#4E9DBC#4E9DBC

#4E9DBC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.090 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9DBC
RGB	rgb(78, 157, 188)
HSL	hsl(197, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(197, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 16.5%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.10, -15.11, -23.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.10, 27.82, 237.10°)
OKLab	oklab(65.85% -0.0621 -0.065)
OKLCH	oklch(65.85% 0.09 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.2724, 29.3622, 51.9555)
Luminance	0.2936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9DBC #BC6D4E

analogous

#4EBCA4 #4E9DBC #4E66BC

triadic

#4E9DBC #BC4E9D #9DBC4E

tetradic

#4E9DBC #A44EBC #BC6D4E #66BC4E

square

#4E9DBC #A44EBC #BC6D4E #66BC4E

split-complementary

#4E9DBC #BC4E66 #BCA44E

monochromatic

#275668 #387B95 #4E9DBC #7AB6CD #A7CEDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#4E9DBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#4E9DBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9DBC

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9DBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9DBC	1.00	3.06	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9ABE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8EBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9dbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 157, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.090 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bad0',
    500: '#4e9dbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9dbc;
$custom-light: #89bad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9dbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.909,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65847,
    "c": 0.08993,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9DBC

secondary

#CBA89B

accent

#7853D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9DBC

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

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