#4E9DBF#4E9DBF

#4E9DBF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.092 H 228.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9DBF
RGB	rgb(78, 157, 191)
HSL	hsl(198, 47%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(198, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 17.8%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.21, -14.18, -24.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.21, 28.63, 240.30°)
OKLab	oklab(65.98% -0.061 -0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(65.98% 0.092 228.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.5992, 29.4929, 53.6764)
Luminance	0.2949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9DBF #BF704E

analogous

#4EBFA8 #4E9DBF #4E64BF

triadic

#4E9DBF #BF4E9D #9DBF4E

tetradic

#4E9DBF #A84EBF #BF704E #64BF4E

square

#4E9DBF #A84EBF #BF704E #64BF4E

split-complementary

#4E9DBF #BF4E64 #BFA84E

monochromatic

#27576C #377B99 #4E9DBF #7BB6CF #A8CFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#4E9DBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#4E9DBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9DBF

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9DBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9DBF	1.00	3.04	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9BC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8FBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9dbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 157, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.092 228.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bad2',
    500: '#4e9dbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9dbf;
$custom-light: #89bad2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9dbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.053,
    "s": 46.888,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65976,
    "c": 0.09234,
    "h": 228.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9DBF

secondary

#CDAB9C

accent

#7951D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9DBF

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

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