#4E98B9#4E98B9

#4E98B9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.089 H 229.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E98B9
RGB	rgb(78, 152, 185)
HSL	hsl(199, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(199, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 17.8%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.50, -13.31, -24.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.50, 27.55, 241.09°)
OKLab	oklab(64.54% -0.0577 -0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(64.54% 0.089 229.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.1237, 27.5768, 49.9938)
Luminance	0.2758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E98B9 #B96F4E

analogous

#4EB9A5 #4E98B9 #4E63B9

triadic

#4E98B9 #B94E98 #98B94E

tetradic

#4E98B9 #A54EB9 #B96F4E #63B94E

square

#4E98B9 #A54EB9 #B96F4E #63B94E

split-complementary

#4E98B9 #B94E63 #B9A54E

monochromatic

#285265 #397691 #4E98B9 #7AB2CA #A6CBDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#4E98B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#4E98B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E98B9

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E98B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E98B9	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8796BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#788AB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e98b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 152, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.089 229.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b6ce',
    500: '#4e98b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e98b9;
$custom-light: #88b6ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e98b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.505,
    "s": 43.32,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64537,
    "c": 0.08855,
    "h": 229.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E98B9

secondary

#C9A89A

accent

#7C55D3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E98B9

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

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