#4E9FB6#4E9FB6

#4E9FB6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.086 H 218.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9FB6
RGB	rgb(78, 159, 182)
HSL	hsl(193, 42%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(193, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 12.6%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.47, -18.00, -19.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.47, 26.47, 227.17°)
OKLab	oklab(66.07% -0.0667 -0.0539)
OKLCH	oklch(66.07% 0.086 218.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.9802, 29.7911, 48.7334)
Luminance	0.2979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9FB6 #B6654E

analogous

#4EB699 #4E9FB6 #4E6BB6

triadic

#4E9FB6 #B64E9F #9FB64E

tetradic

#4E9FB6 #994EB6 #B6654E #6BB64E

square

#4E9FB6 #994EB6 #B6654E #6BB64E

split-complementary

#4E9FB6 #B64E6B #B6994E

monochromatic

#285561 #3A7A8D #4E9FB6 #79B7C8 #A5CEDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#4E9FB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#4E9FB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9FB6

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9FB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9FB6	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)

#909BB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818FB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9fb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 159, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.086 218.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bbcc',
    500: '#4e9fb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9fb6;
$custom-light: #89bbcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9fb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.269,
    "s": 41.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66072,
    "c": 0.08572,
    "h": 218.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9FB6

secondary

#C7A399

accent

#7256D1

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9FB6

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

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