#4E98AA#4E98AA

#4E98AA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.078 H 215.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E98AA
RGB	rgb(78, 152, 170)
HSL	hsl(192, 37%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(192, 54%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 10.6%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.95, -17.84, -16.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.95, 24.28, 222.70°)
OKLab	oklab(63.91% -0.0635 -0.0456)
OKLCH	oklch(63.91% 0.078 215.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.6230, 26.9765, 42.0899)
Luminance	0.2698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E98AA #AA604E

analogous

#4EAA8E #4E98AA #4E6AAA

triadic

#4E98AA #AA4E98 #98AA4E

tetradic

#4E98AA #8E4EAA #AA604E #6AAA4E

square

#4E98AA #8E4EAA #AA604E #6AAA4E

split-complementary

#4E98AA #AA4E6A #AA8E4E

monochromatic

#284D56 #3B7280 #4E98AA #75B1C0 #9FC9D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#4E98AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#4E98AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E98AA

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E98AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E98AA	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B94AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D89AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e98aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 152, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.078 215.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b6c3',
    500: '#4e98aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e98aa;
$custom-light: #87b6c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e98aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.739,
    "s": 37.097,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63914,
    "c": 0.07818,
    "h": 215.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E98AA

secondary

#C09C94

accent

#715BCD

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E98AA

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

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