#4E9FBC#4E9FBC

#4E9FBC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.090 H 224.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9FBC
RGB	rgb(78, 159, 188)
HSL	hsl(196, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(196, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 15.4%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.69, -16.18, -22.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.69, 27.67, 234.21°)
OKLab	oklab(66.32% -0.0643 -0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(66.32% 0.09 224.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.6136, 30.0445, 52.0692)
Luminance	0.3005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9FBC #BC6B4E

analogous

#4EBCA2 #4E9FBC #4E68BC

triadic

#4E9FBC #BC4E9F #9FBC4E

tetradic

#4E9FBC #A24EBC #BC6B4E #68BC4E

square

#4E9FBC #A24EBC #BC6B4E #68BC4E

split-complementary

#4E9FBC #BC4E68 #BCA24E

monochromatic

#275768 #387C95 #4E9FBC #7AB7CD #A7CFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#4E9FBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.01

#4E9FBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9FBC

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9FBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9FBC	1.00	3.00	7.01	7.01
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F9CBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F90BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9fbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 159, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.090 224.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bbd0',
    500: '#4e9fbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9fbc;
$custom-light: #89bbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9fbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.818,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6632,
    "c": 0.08967,
    "h": 224.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9FBC

secondary

#CBA89B

accent

#7553D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9FBC

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

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