#4E9DBD#4E9DBD

#4E9DBD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.091 H 227.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9DBD
RGB	rgb(78, 157, 189)
HSL	hsl(197, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(197, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 16.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.14, -14.80, -23.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.14, 28.08, 238.19°)
OKLab	oklab(65.89% -0.0618 -0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(65.89% 0.091 227.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.3806, 29.4054, 52.5252)
Luminance	0.2941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9DBD #BD6E4E

analogous

#4EBDA5 #4E9DBD #4E66BD

triadic

#4E9DBD #BD4E9D #9DBD4E

tetradic

#4E9DBD #A54EBD #BD6E4E #66BD4E

square

#4E9DBD #A54EBD #BD6E4E #66BD4E

split-complementary

#4E9DBD #BD4E66 #BDA54E

monochromatic

#275669 #387B96 #4E9DBD #7BB6CE #A7CEDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#4E9DBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#4E9DBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9DBD

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9DBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9DBD	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9ABF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8EBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9dbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 157, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.091 227.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bad1',
    500: '#4e9dbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9dbd;
$custom-light: #89bad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9dbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.297,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6589,
    "c": 0.09073,
    "h": 227.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9DBD

secondary

#CCA99B

accent

#7852D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9DBD

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

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