#4E98AB#4E98AB

#4E98AB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.079 H 216.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E98AB
RGB	rgb(78, 152, 171)
HSL	hsl(192, 37%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(192, 54%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 11.1%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.99, -17.55, -16.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.99, 24.41, 224.06°)
OKLab	oklab(63.95% -0.0631 -0.047)
OKLCH	oklch(63.95% 0.079 216.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.7179, 27.0145, 42.5900)
Luminance	0.2702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E98AB #AB614E

analogous

#4EAB90 #4E98AB #4E6AAB

triadic

#4E98AB #AB4E98 #98AB4E

tetradic

#4E98AB #904EAB #AB614E #6AAB4E

square

#4E98AB #904EAB #AB614E #6AAB4E

split-complementary

#4E98AB #AB4E6A #AB904E

monochromatic

#284D57 #3B7381 #4E98AB #76B1C0 #A0C9D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#4E98AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#4E98AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E98AB

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E98AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E98AB	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)

#8B94AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D89AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e98ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 152, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.079 216.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b6c4',
    500: '#4e98ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e98ab;
$custom-light: #87b6c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e98ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.258,
    "s": 37.349,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63954,
    "c": 0.0787,
    "h": 216.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E98AB

secondary

#C19D94

accent

#725ACD

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E98AB

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

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