#4E98B4#4E98B4

#4E98B4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.085 H 225.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E98B4
RGB	rgb(78, 152, 180)
HSL	hsl(196, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(196, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 15.6%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.31, -14.85, -21.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.31, 26.19, 235.47°)
OKLab	oklab(64.32% -0.0596 -0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(64.32% 0.085 225.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.6052, 27.3694, 47.2627)
Luminance	0.2737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E98B4 #B46A4E

analogous

#4EB49D #4E98B4 #4E65B4

triadic

#4E98B4 #B44E98 #98B44E

tetradic

#4E98B4 #9D4EB4 #B46A4E #65B44E

square

#4E98B4 #9D4EB4 #B46A4E #65B44E

split-complementary

#4E98B4 #B44E65 #B49D4E

monochromatic

#28505F #3B748A #4E98B4 #79B1C6 #A4CAD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#4E98B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#4E98B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E98B4

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E98B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E98B4	1.00	3.24	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.24	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)

#8995B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8AB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e98b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 152, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.085 225.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b6ca',
    500: '#4e98b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e98b4;
$custom-light: #88b6ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e98b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.471,
    "s": 40.476,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64323,
    "c": 0.08454,
    "h": 225.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E98B4

secondary

#C6A598

accent

#7957D0

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E98B4

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

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