#4E9EB5#4E9EB5

#4E9EB5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.085 H 219.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9EB5
RGB	rgb(78, 158, 181)
HSL	hsl(193, 41%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(193, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 12.7%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.14, -17.76, -19.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.14, 26.27, 227.46°)
OKLab	oklab(65.79% -0.066 -0.0537)
OKLCH	oklch(65.79% 0.085 219.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.7060, 29.4074, 48.1340)
Luminance	0.2941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9EB5 #B5654E

analogous

#4EB598 #4E9EB5 #4E6AB5

triadic

#4E9EB5 #B54E9E #9EB54E

tetradic

#4E9EB5 #984EB5 #B5654E #6AB54E

square

#4E9EB5 #984EB5 #B5654E #6AB54E

split-complementary

#4E9EB5 #B54E6A #B5984E

monochromatic

#285460 #3A798B #4E9EB5 #79B6C7 #A4CDD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#4E9EB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#4E9EB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9EB5

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9EB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9EB5	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)

#909AB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808FB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9eb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 158, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.085 219.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bacb',
    500: '#4e9eb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9eb5;
$custom-light: #88bacb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9eb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.398,
    "s": 41.036,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65793,
    "c": 0.08506,
    "h": 219.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9EB5

secondary

#C6A399

accent

#7257D1

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9EB5

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

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