#4E9EBE#4E9EBE

#4E9EBE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.091 H 226.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9EBE
RGB	rgb(78, 158, 190)
HSL	hsl(197, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(197, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 16.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.47, -15.03, -23.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.47, 28.24, 237.84°)
OKLab	oklab(66.17% -0.0625 -0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(66.17% 0.091 226.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.6594, 29.7888, 53.1555)
Luminance	0.2979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9EBE #BE6E4E

analogous

#4EBEA6 #4E9EBE #4E66BE

triadic

#4E9EBE #BE4E9E #9EBE4E

tetradic

#4E9EBE #A64EBE #BE6E4E #66BE4E

square

#4E9EBE #A64EBE #BE6E4E #66BE4E

split-complementary

#4E9EBE #BE4E66 #BEA64E

monochromatic

#27576A #387C97 #4E9EBE #7BB7CE #A8CFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#4E9EBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#4E9EBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9EBE

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9EBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9EBE	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D9BC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8FBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9ebe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 158, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.091 226.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bad1',
    500: '#4e9ebe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9ebe;
$custom-light: #89bad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9ebe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 46.281,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66168,
    "c": 0.09133,
    "h": 226.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9EBE

secondary

#CCA99C

accent

#7852D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9EBE

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

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