#4E99B2#4E99B2

#4E99B2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.083 H 222.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E99B2
RGB	rgb(78, 153, 178)
HSL	hsl(195, 39%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(195, 56%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.2%, 14%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.54, -15.99, -20.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.54, 25.69, 231.50°)
OKLab	oklab(64.48% -0.0615 -0.0558)
OKLCH	oklch(64.48% 0.083 222.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.5659, 27.6144, 46.2518)
Luminance	0.2762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E99B2 #B2674E

analogous

#4EB299 #4E99B2 #4E67B2

triadic

#4E99B2 #B24E99 #99B24E

tetradic

#4E99B2 #994EB2 #B2674E #67B24E

square

#4E99B2 #994EB2 #B2674E #67B24E

split-complementary

#4E99B2 #B24E67 #B2994E

monochromatic

#29505D #3B7588 #4E99B2 #79B2C5 #A3CAD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#4E99B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#4E99B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E99B2

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E99B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E99B2	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A96B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8BB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e99b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 153, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.083 222.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b7c9',
    500: '#4e99b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e99b2;
$custom-light: #88b7c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e99b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 39.37,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64477,
    "c": 0.08304,
    "h": 222.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E99B2

secondary

#C4A398

accent

#7659CF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E99B2

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

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