#4E9EB6#4E9EB6

#4E9EB6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.086 H 220.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9EB6
RGB	rgb(78, 158, 182)
HSL	hsl(194, 42%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(194, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 13.2%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.18, -17.46, -19.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.18, 26.45, 228.68°)
OKLab	oklab(65.83% -0.0656 -0.0551)
OKLCH	oklch(65.83% 0.086 220.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.8089, 29.4486, 48.6763)
Luminance	0.2945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9EB6 #B6664E

analogous

#4EB69A #4E9EB6 #4E6AB6

triadic

#4E9EB6 #B64E9E #9EB64E

tetradic

#4E9EB6 #9A4EB6 #B6664E #6AB64E

square

#4E9EB6 #9A4EB6 #B6664E #6AB64E

split-complementary

#4E9EB6 #B64E6A #B69A4E

monochromatic

#285461 #3A7A8D #4E9EB6 #79B6C8 #A5CDDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#4E9EB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#4E9EB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9EB6

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9EB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9EB6	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)

#8F9AB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808FB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9eb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 158, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.086 220.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bacc',
    500: '#4e9eb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9eb6;
$custom-light: #88bacc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9eb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.846,
    "s": 41.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65834,
    "c": 0.08567,
    "h": 220.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9EB6

secondary

#C7A399

accent

#7356D1

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9EB6

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

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