#4E99AD#4E99AD

#4E99AD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.080 H 217.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E99AD
RGB	rgb(78, 153, 173)
HSL	hsl(193, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(193, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 11.6%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.36, -17.49, -17.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.36, 24.77, 225.10°)
OKLab	oklab(64.27% -0.0635 -0.0486)
OKLCH	oklch(64.27% 0.08 217.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.0730, 27.4173, 43.6559)
Luminance	0.2742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E99AD #AD624E

analogous

#4EAD92 #4E99AD #4E69AD

triadic

#4E99AD #AD4E99 #99AD4E

tetradic

#4E99AD #924EAD #AD624E #69AD4E

square

#4E99AD #924EAD #AD624E #69AD4E

split-complementary

#4E99AD #AD4E69 #AD924E

monochromatic

#284E59 #3B7483 #4E99AD #77B2C2 #A1CAD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#4E99AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#4E99AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E99AD

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E99AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E99AD	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C95AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8AAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e99ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 153, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.080 217.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b7c5',
    500: '#4e99ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e99ad;
$custom-light: #87b7c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e99ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.632,
    "s": 37.849,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64274,
    "c": 0.07995,
    "h": 217.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E99AD

secondary

#C29F95

accent

#725ACE

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E99AD

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

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