#4E98AD#4E98AD

#4E98AD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.080 H 218.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E98AD
RGB	rgb(78, 152, 173)
HSL	hsl(193, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(193, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 12.1%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.06, -16.95, -18.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.06, 24.73, 226.72°)
OKLab	oklab(64.03% -0.0623 -0.0499)
OKLCH	oklch(64.03% 0.08 218.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.9100, 27.0913, 43.6016)
Luminance	0.2709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E98AD #AD634E

analogous

#4EAD93 #4E98AD #4E69AD

triadic

#4E98AD #AD4E98 #98AD4E

tetradic

#4E98AD #934EAD #AD634E #69AD4E

square

#4E98AD #934EAD #AD634E #69AD4E

split-complementary

#4E98AD #AD4E69 #AD934E

monochromatic

#284E59 #3B7383 #4E98AD #77B1C2 #A1C9D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#4E98AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#4E98AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E98AD

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E98AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E98AD	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B94AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8AAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e98ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 152, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.080 218.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b6c5',
    500: '#4e98ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e98ad;
$custom-light: #87b6c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e98ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.263,
    "s": 37.849,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64034,
    "c": 0.07983,
    "h": 218.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E98AD

secondary

#C29F95

accent

#745ACE

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E98AD

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

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