#4E99AF#4E99AF

#4E99AF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.081 H 219.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E99AF
RGB	rgb(78, 153, 175)
HSL	hsl(194, 38%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(194, 55%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.4%, 12.6%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.43, -16.89, -18.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.43, 25.11, 227.71°)
OKLab	oklab(64.35% -0.0627 -0.0515)
OKLCH	oklch(64.35% 0.081 219.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.2680, 27.4953, 44.6828)
Luminance	0.2750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E99AF #AF644E

analogous

#4EAF95 #4E99AF #4E69AF

triadic

#4E99AF #AF4E99 #99AF4E

tetradic

#4E99AF #954EAF #AF644E #69AF4E

square

#4E99AF #954EAF #AF644E #69AF4E

split-complementary

#4E99AF #AF4E69 #AF954E

monochromatic

#284F5A #3B7485 #4E99AF #78B2C3 #A2CAD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#4E99AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#4E99AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E99AF

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E99AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E99AF	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B95B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8AAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e99af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 153, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.081 219.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b7c7',
    500: '#4e99af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e99af;
$custom-light: #87b7c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e99af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.608,
    "s": 38.34,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64354,
    "c": 0.08111,
    "h": 219.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E99AF

secondary

#C3A096

accent

#745ACE

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E99AF

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

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