#4E98B5#4E98B5

#4E98B5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.085 H 226.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E98B5
RGB	rgb(78, 152, 181)
HSL	hsl(197, 41%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(197, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 16%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.35, -14.54, -22.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.35, 26.44, 236.64°)
OKLab	oklab(64.37% -0.0592 -0.0614)
OKLCH	oklch(64.37% 0.085 226.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.7074, 27.4103, 47.8012)
Luminance	0.2741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E98B5 #B56B4E

analogous

#4EB59E #4E98B5 #4E64B5

triadic

#4E98B5 #B54E98 #98B54E

tetradic

#4E98B5 #9E4EB5 #B56B4E #64B54E

square

#4E98B5 #9E4EB5 #B56B4E #64B54E

split-complementary

#4E98B5 #B54E64 #B59E4E

monochromatic

#285160 #3A758B #4E98B5 #79B1C7 #A4CAD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#4E98B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#4E98B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E98B5

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E98B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E98B5	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8895B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798AB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e98b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 152, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.085 226.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b6cb',
    500: '#4e98b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e98b5;
$custom-light: #88b6cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e98b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.893,
    "s": 41.036,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64365,
    "c": 0.08531,
    "h": 226.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E98B5

secondary

#C6A599

accent

#7957D1

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E98B5

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

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