#4E98BB#4E98BB

#4E98BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.090 H 230.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E98BB
RGB	rgb(78, 152, 187)
HSL	hsl(199, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(199, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 18.7%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.58, -12.70, -25.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.58, 28.15, 243.19°)
OKLab	oklab(64.63% -0.0569 -0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(64.63% 0.09 230.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.3363, 27.6618, 51.1135)
Luminance	0.2766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E98BB #BB714E

analogous

#4EBBA8 #4E98BB #4E62BB

triadic

#4E98BB #BB4E98 #98BB4E

tetradic

#4E98BB #A84EBB #BB714E #62BB4E

square

#4E98BB #A84EBB #BB714E #62BB4E

split-complementary

#4E98BB #BB4E62 #BBA84E

monochromatic

#285367 #397693 #4E98BB #7AB2CC #A6CBDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#4E98BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#4E98BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E98BB

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E98BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E98BB	1.00	3.21	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8696BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778ABB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e98bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 152, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.090 230.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b6cf',
    500: '#4e98bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e98bb;
$custom-light: #89b6cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e98bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.266,
    "s": 44.49,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64625,
    "c": 0.09029,
    "h": 230.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E98BB

secondary

#CAAA9B

accent

#7D54D4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E98BB

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

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