#4E98B7#4E98B7

#4E98B7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.087 H 227.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E98B7
RGB	rgb(78, 152, 183)
HSL	hsl(198, 42%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(198, 57%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 16.9%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.43, -13.93, -23.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.43, 26.98, 238.91°)
OKLab	oklab(64.45% -0.0584 -0.0643)
OKLCH	oklch(64.45% 0.087 227.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.9141, 27.4929, 48.8897)
Luminance	0.2750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E98B7 #B76D4E

analogous

#4EB7A1 #4E98B7 #4E63B7

triadic

#4E98B7 #B74E98 #98B74E

tetradic

#4E98B7 #A14EB7 #B76D4E #63B74E

square

#4E98B7 #A14EB7 #B76D4E #63B74E

split-complementary

#4E98B7 #B74E63 #B7A14E

monochromatic

#285163 #3A758E #4E98B7 #7AB1C9 #A5CBDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#4E98B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#4E98B7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E98B7

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E98B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E98B7	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8895B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798AB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e98b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 152, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.087 227.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b6cc',
    500: '#4e98b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e98b7;
$custom-light: #88b6cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e98b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.714,
    "s": 42.169,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64451,
    "c": 0.08689,
    "h": 227.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E98B7

secondary

#C8A799

accent

#7A56D2

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E98B7

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

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