#4E9EB8#4E9EB8

#4E9EB8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.087 H 221.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9EB8
RGB	rgb(78, 158, 184)
HSL	hsl(195, 43%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(195, 58%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 14.1%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.25, -16.86, -20.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.25, 26.84, 231.08°)
OKLab	oklab(65.92% -0.0648 -0.058)
OKLCH	oklch(65.92% 0.087 221.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.0171, 29.5318, 49.7726)
Luminance	0.2953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9EB8 #B8684E

analogous

#4EB89D #4E9EB8 #4E69B8

triadic

#4E9EB8 #B84E9E #9EB84E

tetradic

#4E9EB8 #9D4EB8 #B8684E #69B84E

square

#4E9EB8 #9D4EB8 #B8684E #69B84E

split-complementary

#4E9EB8 #B84E69 #B89D4E

monochromatic

#285564 #397A8F #4E9EB8 #7AB6CA #A5CEDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#4E9EB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#4E9EB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9EB8

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9EB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9EB8	1.00	3.04	6.91	6.91
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F9AB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8FB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9eb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 158, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.087 221.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bacd',
    500: '#4e9eb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9eb8;
$custom-light: #89bacd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9eb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.717,
    "s": 42.742,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65916,
    "c": 0.08696,
    "h": 221.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9EB8

secondary

#C8A59A

accent

#7455D3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9EB8

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

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