#4E98B6#4E98B6

#4E98B6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.086 H 226.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E98B6
RGB	rgb(78, 152, 182)
HSL	hsl(197, 42%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(197, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 16.5%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.39, -14.24, -22.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.39, 26.71, 237.78°)
OKLab	oklab(64.41% -0.0588 -0.0629)
OKLCH	oklch(64.41% 0.086 226.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.8104, 27.4515, 48.3435)
Luminance	0.2745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E98B6 #B66C4E

analogous

#4EB6A0 #4E98B6 #4E64B6

triadic

#4E98B6 #B64E98 #98B64E

tetradic

#4E98B6 #A04EB6 #B66C4E #64B64E

square

#4E98B6 #A04EB6 #B66C4E #64B64E

split-complementary

#4E98B6 #B64E64 #B6A04E

monochromatic

#285161 #3A758D #4E98B6 #79B1C8 #A5CADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#4E98B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#4E98B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E98B6

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E98B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E98B6	1.00	3.24	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8895B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798AB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e98b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 152, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.086 226.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b6cc',
    500: '#4e98b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e98b6;
$custom-light: #88b6cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e98b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.308,
    "s": 41.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64408,
    "c": 0.08609,
    "h": 226.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E98B6

secondary

#C7A699

accent

#7A56D1

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E98B6

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

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