#4E98A8#4E98A8

#4E98A8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.077 H 213.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E98A8
RGB	rgb(78, 152, 168)
HSL	hsl(191, 37%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(191, 54%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 9.5%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.88, -18.43, -15.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.88, 24.04, 219.95°)
OKLab	oklab(63.83% -0.0643 -0.0427)
OKLCH	oklch(63.83% 0.077 213.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.4352, 26.9014, 41.1011)
Luminance	0.2690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E98A8 #A85E4E

analogous

#4EA88B #4E98A8 #4E6BA8

triadic

#4E98A8 #A84E98 #98A84E

tetradic

#4E98A8 #8B4EA8 #A85E4E #6BA84E

square

#4E98A8 #8B4EA8 #A85E4E #6BA84E

split-complementary

#4E98A8 #A84E6B #A88B4E

monochromatic

#274C54 #3B727E #4E98A8 #75B2BF #9EC9D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#4E98A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#4E98A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E98A8

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E98A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E98A8	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C94A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E89A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#059E9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e98a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 152, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.077 213.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b6c1',
    500: '#4e98a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e98a8;
$custom-light: #87b6c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e98a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.667,
    "s": 36.585,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63835,
    "c": 0.07721,
    "h": 213.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E98A8

secondary

#BF9B93

accent

#6F5BCD

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E98A8

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

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