#4E98BE#4E98BE

#4E98BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.093 H 233.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E98BE
RGB	rgb(78, 152, 190)
HSL	hsl(200, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(200, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 20%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.70, -11.76, -26.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.70, 29.11, 246.18°)
OKLab	oklab(64.76% -0.0558 -0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(64.76% 0.093 233.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.6608, 27.7916, 52.8226)
Luminance	0.2779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E98BE #BE744E

analogous

#4EBEAC #4E98BE #4E60BE

triadic

#4E98BE #BE4E98 #98BE4E

tetradic

#4E98BE #AC4EBE #BE744E #60BE4E

square

#4E98BE #AC4EBE #BE744E #60BE4E

split-complementary

#4E98BE #BE4E60 #BEAC4E

monochromatic

#27546A #387797 #4E98BE #7BB2CE #A8CCDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#4E98BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#4E98BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E98BE

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E98BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E98BE	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8696C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768BBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e98be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 152, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.093 233.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b6d1',
    500: '#4e98be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e98be;
$custom-light: #89b6d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e98be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.357,
    "s": 46.281,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64758,
    "c": 0.09301,
    "h": 233.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E98BE

secondary

#CCAC9C

accent

#7F52D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E98BE

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

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