#4E9EBC#4E9EBC

#4E9EBC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.090 H 225.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9EBC
RGB	rgb(78, 158, 188)
HSL	hsl(196, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(196, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 16%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.40, -15.65, -22.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.40, 27.74, 235.66°)
OKLab	oklab(66.08% -0.0632 -0.0637)
OKLCH	oklch(66.08% 0.09 225.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.4423, 29.7019, 52.0121)
Luminance	0.2970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9EBC #BC6C4E

analogous

#4EBCA3 #4E9EBC #4E67BC

triadic

#4E9EBC #BC4E9E #9EBC4E

tetradic

#4E9EBC #A34EBC #BC6C4E #67BC4E

square

#4E9EBC #A34EBC #BC6C4E #67BC4E

split-complementary

#4E9EBC #BC4E67 #BCA34E

monochromatic

#275768 #387B95 #4E9EBC #7AB6CD #A7CFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#4E9EBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#4E9EBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9EBC

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9EBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9EBC	1.00	3.03	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E9BBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8FBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9ebc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 158, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.090 225.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bad0',
    500: '#4e9ebc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9ebc;
$custom-light: #89bad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9ebc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66083,
    "c": 0.08978,
    "h": 225.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9EBC

secondary

#CBA89B

accent

#7653D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9EBC

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

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