#4E98B3#4E98B3

#4E98B3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.084 H 224.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E98B3
RGB	rgb(78, 152, 179)
HSL	hsl(196, 40%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(196, 56%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 15.1%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.28, -15.15, -21.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.28, 25.95, 234.28°)
OKLab	oklab(64.28% -0.06 -0.0585)
OKLCH	oklch(64.28% 0.084 224.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.5037, 27.3288, 46.7281)
Luminance	0.2733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E98B3 #B3694E

analogous

#4EB39C #4E98B3 #4E65B3

triadic

#4E98B3 #B34E98 #98B34E

tetradic

#4E98B3 #9C4EB3 #B3694E #65B34E

square

#4E98B3 #9C4EB3 #B3694E #65B34E

split-complementary

#4E98B3 #B34E65 #B39C4E

monochromatic

#28505E #3B7489 #4E98B3 #79B1C5 #A4CAD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#4E98B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#4E98B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E98B3

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E98B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E98B3	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8995B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8AB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e98b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 152, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.084 224.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b6c9',
    500: '#4e98b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e98b3;
$custom-light: #88b6c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e98b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.04,
    "s": 39.921,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64281,
    "c": 0.08381,
    "h": 224.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E98B3

secondary

#C5A498

accent

#7858D0

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E98B3

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

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