#4E98B8#4E98B8

#4E98B8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.088 H 228.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E98B8
RGB	rgb(78, 152, 184)
HSL	hsl(198, 43%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(198, 58%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 17.4%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.47, -13.62, -23.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.47, 27.26, 240.01°)
OKLab	oklab(64.49% -0.0581 -0.0657)
OKLCH	oklch(64.49% 0.088 228.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.0185, 27.5347, 49.4398)
Luminance	0.2754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E98B8 #B86E4E

analogous

#4EB8A3 #4E98B8 #4E63B8

triadic

#4E98B8 #B84E98 #98B84E

tetradic

#4E98B8 #A34EB8 #B86E4E #63B84E

square

#4E98B8 #A34EB8 #B86E4E #63B84E

split-complementary

#4E98B8 #B84E63 #B8A34E

monochromatic

#285264 #39758F #4E98B8 #7AB1CA #A5CBDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#4E98B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#4E98B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E98B8

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E98B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E98B8	1.00	3.23	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8796BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#788AB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e98b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 152, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.088 228.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b6cd',
    500: '#4e98b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e98b8;
$custom-light: #88b6cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e98b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.113,
    "s": 42.742,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64494,
    "c": 0.08772,
    "h": 228.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E98B8

secondary

#C8A89A

accent

#7B55D3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E98B8

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

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