#4E98C8#4E98C8

#4E98C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.103 H 239.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E98C8
RGB	rgb(78, 152, 200)
HSL	hsl(204, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(204, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 24%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.11, -8.59, -31.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.11, 32.77, 254.81°)
OKLab	oklab(65.22% -0.0524 -0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(65.22% 0.103 239.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.7915, 28.2439, 58.7775)
Luminance	0.2825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E98C8 #C87E4E

analogous

#4EC8BB #4E98C8 #4E5BC8

triadic

#4E98C8 #C84E98 #98C84E

tetradic

#4E98C8 #BB4EC8 #C87E4E #5BC84E

square

#4E98C8 #BB4EC8 #C87E4E #5BC84E

split-complementary

#4E98C8 #C84E5B #C8BB4E

monochromatic

#255777 #3379A5 #4E98C8 #7DB3D7 #ABCEE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#4E98C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#4E98C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E98C8

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E98C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E98C8	1.00	3.16	6.65	6.65
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8298CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#718BC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e98c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 152, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.103 239.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab6d9',
    500: '#4e98c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e98c8;
$custom-light: #8ab6d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e98c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.607,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65217,
    "c": 0.10301,
    "h": 239.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E98C8

secondary

#D3B39F

accent

#854CDC

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1114

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E98C8

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

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