#4E98E6#4E98E6

#4E98E6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.138 H 251.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E98E6
RGB	rgb(78, 152, 230)
HSL	hsl(211, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(211, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 33.9%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.47, 1.32, -46.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.47, 46.23, 271.63°)
OKLab	oklab(66.74% -0.0434 -0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(66.74% 0.138 251.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.6478, 29.7864, 79.0872)
Luminance	0.2979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E98E6 #E69C4E

analogous

#4EE4E6 #4E98E6 #504EE6

triadic

#4E98E6 #E64E98 #98E64E

tetradic

#4E98E6 #E64EE4 #E69C4E #4EE650

square

#4E98E6 #E64EE4 #E69C4E #4EE650

split-complementary

#4E98E6 #E6504E #E4E64E

monochromatic

#175BA3 #1F79D8 #4E98E6 #84B7EE #B9D6F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#4E98E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#4E98E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E98E6

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E98E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E98E6	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#769CE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#608EE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e98e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 152, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.138 251.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eb5ee',
    500: '#4e98e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e98e6;
$custom-light: #8eb5ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e98e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.789,
    "s": 75.248,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66736,
    "c": 0.13802,
    "h": 251.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E98E6

secondary

#E5C9AB

accent

#750ED7

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E98E6

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

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