#4E98CD#4E98CD

#4E98CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.108 H 242.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E98CD
RGB	rgb(78, 152, 205)
HSL	hsl(205, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(205, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 25.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.32, -6.97, -34.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.32, 34.80, 258.44°)
OKLab	oklab(65.46% -0.0507 -0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(65.46% 0.108 242.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.3854, 28.4815, 61.9054)
Luminance	0.2848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E98CD #CD834E

analogous

#4ECDC2 #4E98CD #4E59CD

triadic

#4E98CD #CD4E98 #98CD4E

tetradic

#4E98CD #C24ECD #CD834E #59CD4E

square

#4E98CD #C24ECD #CD834E #59CD4E

split-complementary

#4E98CD #CD4E59 #CDC24E

monochromatic

#23587D #3179AD #4E98CD #7EB4DA #ADD0E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#4E98CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#4E98CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E98CD

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E98CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E98CD	1.00	3.14	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8098CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F8CCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e98cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 152, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.108 242.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb6dc',
    500: '#4e98cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e98cd;
$custom-light: #8bb6dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e98cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.039,
    "s": 55.947,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65455,
    "c": 0.10842,
    "h": 242.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E98CD

secondary

#D6B7A1

accent

#8749DF

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E98CD

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

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