#4E98AE#4E98AE

#4E98AE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.080 H 219.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E98AE
RGB	rgb(78, 152, 174)
HSL	hsl(194, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(194, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 12.6%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.09, -16.66, -18.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.09, 24.91, 228.03°)
OKLab	oklab(64.07% -0.0619 -0.0513)
OKLCH	oklch(64.07% 0.08 219.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.0071, 27.1302, 44.1131)
Luminance	0.2713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E98AE #AE644E

analogous

#4EAE94 #4E98AE #4E68AE

triadic

#4E98AE #AE4E98 #98AE4E

tetradic

#4E98AE #944EAE #AE644E #68AE4E

square

#4E98AE #944EAE #AE644E #68AE4E

split-complementary

#4E98AE #AE4E68 #AE944E

monochromatic

#284E59 #3B7384 #4E98AE #77B1C2 #A1C9D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#4E98AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#4E98AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E98AE

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E98AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E98AE	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A94AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8AAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e98ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 152, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.080 219.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b6c6',
    500: '#4e98ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e98ae;
$custom-light: #87b6c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e98ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.75,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64074,
    "c": 0.08044,
    "h": 219.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E98AE

secondary

#C2A096

accent

#745ACE

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E98AE

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

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