#4E98B2#4E98B2

#4E98B2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.083 H 223.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E98B2
RGB	rgb(78, 152, 178)
HSL	hsl(196, 39%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(196, 56%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.2%, 14.6%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.24, -15.45, -20.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.24, 25.72, 233.07°)
OKLab	oklab(64.24% -0.0603 -0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(64.24% 0.083 223.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.4029, 27.2885, 46.1974)
Luminance	0.2729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E98B2 #B2684E

analogous

#4EB29A #4E98B2 #4E66B2

triadic

#4E98B2 #B24E98 #98B24E

tetradic

#4E98B2 #9A4EB2 #B2684E #66B24E

square

#4E98B2 #9A4EB2 #B2684E #66B24E

split-complementary

#4E98B2 #B24E66 #B29A4E

monochromatic

#294F5D #3B7488 #4E98B2 #79B1C5 #A3CAD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#4E98B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#4E98B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E98B2

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E98B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E98B2	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8995B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8AB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e98b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 152, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.083 223.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b6c9',
    500: '#4e98b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e98b2;
$custom-light: #88b6c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e98b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.6,
    "s": 39.37,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64239,
    "c": 0.08308,
    "h": 223.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E98B2

secondary

#C4A398

accent

#7759CF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E98B2

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

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