#4E99AA#4E99AA

#4E99AA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.078 H 214.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E99AA
RGB	rgb(78, 153, 170)
HSL	hsl(191, 37%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(191, 54%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 10%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.25, -18.37, -16.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.25, 24.37, 221.07°)
OKLab	oklab(64.15% -0.0647 -0.0443)
OKLCH	oklch(64.15% 0.078 214.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.7860, 27.3025, 42.1442)
Luminance	0.2730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E99AA #AA5F4E

analogous

#4EAA8D #4E99AA #4E6BAA

triadic

#4E99AA #AA4E99 #99AA4E

tetradic

#4E99AA #8D4EAA #AA5F4E #6BAA4E

square

#4E99AA #8D4EAA #AA5F4E #6BAA4E

split-complementary

#4E99AA #AA4E6B #AA8D4E

monochromatic

#284D56 #3B7380 #4E99AA #75B2C0 #9FCAD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#4E99AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#4E99AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E99AA

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E99AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E99AA	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D95AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8AAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e99aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 153, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.078 214.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b7c3',
    500: '#4e99aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e99aa;
$custom-light: #87b7c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e99aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.087,
    "s": 37.097,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64154,
    "c": 0.07839,
    "h": 214.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E99AA

secondary

#C09C94

accent

#705BCD

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E99AA

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

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