#4E9DBE#4E9DBE

#4E9DBE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.092 H 227.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9DBE
RGB	rgb(78, 157, 190)
HSL	hsl(198, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(198, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 17.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.18, -14.49, -24.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.18, 28.35, 239.26°)
OKLab	oklab(65.93% -0.0614 -0.0679)
OKLCH	oklch(65.93% 0.092 227.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.4895, 29.4490, 53.0989)
Luminance	0.2945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9DBE #BE6F4E

analogous

#4EBEA7 #4E9DBE #4E65BE

triadic

#4E9DBE #BE4E9D #9DBE4E

tetradic

#4E9DBE #A74EBE #BE6F4E #65BE4E

square

#4E9DBE #A74EBE #BE6F4E #65BE4E

split-complementary

#4E9DBE #BE4E65 #BEA74E

monochromatic

#27576A #387B97 #4E9DBE #7BB6CE #A8CFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#4E9DBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#4E9DBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9DBE

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9DBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9DBE	1.00	3.05	6.89	6.89
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9AC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8EBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9dbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 157, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.092 227.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bad1',
    500: '#4e9dbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9dbe;
$custom-light: #89bad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9dbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.679,
    "s": 46.281,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65933,
    "c": 0.09152,
    "h": 227.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9DBE

secondary

#CCAA9C

accent

#7952D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9DBE

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

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