#4E9FBD#4E9FBD

#4E9FBD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.090 H 225.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9FBD
RGB	rgb(78, 159, 189)
HSL	hsl(196, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(196, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 15.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.73, -15.88, -22.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.73, 27.91, 235.33°)
OKLab	oklab(66.36% -0.064 -0.0639)
OKLCH	oklch(66.36% 0.09 225)
XYZ	xyz(24.7218, 30.0877, 52.6389)
Luminance	0.3009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9FBD #BD6C4E

analogous

#4EBDA3 #4E9FBD #4E68BD

triadic

#4E9FBD #BD4E9F #9FBD4E

tetradic

#4E9FBD #A34EBD #BD6C4E #68BD4E

square

#4E9FBD #A34EBD #BD6C4E #68BD4E

split-complementary

#4E9FBD #BD4E68 #BDA34E

monochromatic

#275769 #387C96 #4E9FBD #7BB7CE #A7CFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#4E9FBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#4E9FBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9FBD

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9FBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9FBD	1.00	2.99	7.02	7.02
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E9CBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E90BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9fbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 159, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.090 225.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bbd1',
    500: '#4e9fbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9fbd;
$custom-light: #89bbd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9fbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.216,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66362,
    "c": 0.0904,
    "h": 225
  },
  "luminance": 0.3009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9FBD

secondary

#CCA89B

accent

#7652D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9FBD

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

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