#4E9EBB#4E9EBB

#4E9EBB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.089 H 224.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9EBB
RGB	rgb(78, 158, 187)
HSL	hsl(196, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(196, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 15.5%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.36, -15.95, -22.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.36, 27.50, 234.54°)
OKLab	oklab(66.04% -0.0636 -0.0623)
OKLCH	oklch(66.04% 0.089 224.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.3349, 29.6590, 51.4464)
Luminance	0.2966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9EBB #BB6B4E

analogous

#4EBBA2 #4E9EBB #4E68BB

triadic

#4E9EBB #BB4E9E #9EBB4E

tetradic

#4E9EBB #A24EBB #BB6B4E #68BB4E

square

#4E9EBB #A24EBB #BB6B4E #68BB4E

split-complementary

#4E9EBB #BB4E68 #BBA24E

monochromatic

#285667 #397B93 #4E9EBB #7AB6CC #A6CEDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#4E9EBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#4E9EBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9EBB

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9EBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9EBB	1.00	3.03	6.93	6.93
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E9BBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8FBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9ebb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 158, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.089 224.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bacf',
    500: '#4e9ebb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9ebb;
$custom-light: #89bacf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9ebb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.963,
    "s": 44.49,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66041,
    "c": 0.08904,
    "h": 224.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9EBB

secondary

#CAA79B

accent

#7654D4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9EBB

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

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