#4E99A8#4E99A8

#4E99A8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.077 H 212.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E99A8
RGB	rgb(78, 153, 168)
HSL	hsl(190, 37%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(190, 54%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 8.9%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.18, -18.96, -14.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.18, 24.16, 218.31°)
OKLab	oklab(64.08% -0.0655 -0.0414)
OKLCH	oklch(64.08% 0.077 212.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.5982, 27.2274, 41.1554)
Luminance	0.2723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E99A8 #A85D4E

analogous

#4EA88A #4E99A8 #4E6CA8

triadic

#4E99A8 #A84E99 #99A84E

tetradic

#4E99A8 #8A4EA8 #A85D4E #6CA84E

square

#4E99A8 #8A4EA8 #A85D4E #6CA84E

split-complementary

#4E99A8 #A84E6C #A88A4E

monochromatic

#274D54 #3B737E #4E99A8 #75B2BF #9EC9D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#4E99A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#4E99A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E99A8

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E99A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E99A8	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D94A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8AA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#049F9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e99a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 153, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.077 212.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b7c1',
    500: '#4e99a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e99a8;
$custom-light: #87b7c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e99a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 36.585,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64076,
    "c": 0.07749,
    "h": 212.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E99A8

secondary

#BF9A93

accent

#6E5BCD

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E99A8

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

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