#4E99AE#4E99AE

#4E99AE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.081 H 218.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E99AE
RGB	rgb(78, 153, 174)
HSL	hsl(193, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(193, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 12.1%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.39, -17.19, -18.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.39, 24.93, 226.41°)
OKLab	oklab(64.31% -0.0631 -0.05)
OKLCH	oklch(64.31% 0.081 218.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.1701, 27.4561, 44.1674)
Luminance	0.2746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E99AE #AE634E

analogous

#4EAE93 #4E99AE #4E69AE

triadic

#4E99AE #AE4E99 #99AE4E

tetradic

#4E99AE #934EAE #AE634E #69AE4E

square

#4E99AE #934EAE #AE634E #69AE4E

split-complementary

#4E99AE #AE4E69 #AE934E

monochromatic

#284F59 #3B7484 #4E99AE #77B2C2 #A1CAD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#4E99AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#4E99AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E99AE

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E99AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E99AE	1.00	3.23	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B95AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8AAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e99ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 153, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.081 218.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b7c6',
    500: '#4e99ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e99ae;
$custom-light: #87b7c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e99ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.125,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64314,
    "c": 0.08052,
    "h": 218.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E99AE

secondary

#C29F96

accent

#735ACE

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E99AE

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

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