#4E98AF#4E98AF

#4E98AF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.081 H 220.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E98AF
RGB	rgb(78, 152, 175)
HSL	hsl(194, 38%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(194, 55%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.4%, 13.1%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.13, -16.36, -19.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.13, 25.09, 229.32°)
OKLab	oklab(64.11% -0.0615 -0.0528)
OKLCH	oklch(64.11% 0.081 220.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.1050, 27.1693, 44.6284)
Luminance	0.2717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E98AF #AF654E

analogous

#4EAF96 #4E98AF #4E67AF

triadic

#4E98AF #AF4E98 #98AF4E

tetradic

#4E98AF #964EAF #AF654E #67AF4E

square

#4E98AF #964EAF #AF654E #67AF4E

split-complementary

#4E98AF #AF4E67 #AF964E

monochromatic

#284E5A #3B7385 #4E98AF #78B1C3 #A2C9D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#4E98AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#4E98AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E98AF

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E98AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E98AF	1.00	3.26	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.26	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)

#8A94B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8AAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e98af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 152, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.081 220.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b6c7',
    500: '#4e98af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e98af;
$custom-light: #87b6c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e98af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.227,
    "s": 38.34,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64115,
    "c": 0.08106,
    "h": 220.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E98AF

secondary

#C3A196

accent

#755ACE

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E98AF

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

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