#4E98AC#4E98AC

#4E98AC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.079 H 217.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E98AC
RGB	rgb(78, 152, 172)
HSL	hsl(193, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(193, 55%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 11.6%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.02, -17.25, -17.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.02, 24.57, 225.40°)
OKLab	oklab(63.99% -0.0627 -0.0484)
OKLCH	oklch(63.99% 0.079 217.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.8136, 27.0528, 43.0939)
Luminance	0.2706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E98AC #AC624E

analogous

#4EAC91 #4E98AC #4E69AC

triadic

#4E98AC #AC4E98 #98AC4E

tetradic

#4E98AC #914EAC #AC624E #69AC4E

square

#4E98AC #914EAC #AC624E #69AC4E

split-complementary

#4E98AC #AC4E69 #AC914E

monochromatic

#284E58 #3B7382 #4E98AC #76B1C1 #A0C9D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#4E98AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#4E98AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E98AC

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E98AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E98AC	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B94AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D89AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e98ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 152, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.079 217.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b6c4',
    500: '#4e98ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e98ac;
$custom-light: #87b6c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e98ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.766,
    "s": 37.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63994,
    "c": 0.07925,
    "h": 217.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E98AC

secondary

#C19E95

accent

#735ACE

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E98AC

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

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