#4E98CE#4E98CE

#4E98CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.110 H 242.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E98CE
RGB	rgb(78, 152, 206)
HSL	hsl(205, 57%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(205, 62%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 26.2%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.36, -6.65, -34.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.36, 35.22, 259.12°)
OKLab	oklab(65.5% -0.0504 -0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(65.5% 0.11 242.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.5065, 28.5299, 62.5432)
Luminance	0.2853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E98CE #CE844E

analogous

#4ECEC4 #4E98CE #4E58CE

triadic

#4E98CE #CE4E98 #98CE4E

tetradic

#4E98CE #C44ECE #CE844E #58CE4E

square

#4E98CE #C44ECE #CE844E #58CE4E

split-complementary

#4E98CE #CE4E58 #CEC44E

monochromatic

#23587F #3079AE #4E98CE #7EB4DB #AED0E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#4E98CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#4E98CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E98CE

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E98CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E98CE	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8099D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F8CCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e98ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 152, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.110 242.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb6dd',
    500: '#4e98ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e98ce;
$custom-light: #8bb6dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e98ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.313,
    "s": 56.637,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65504,
    "c": 0.10953,
    "h": 242.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E98CE

secondary

#D7B8A1

accent

#8848E0

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E98CE

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

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