#4E99B3#4E99B3

#4E99B3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.084 H 223.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E99B3
RGB	rgb(78, 153, 179)
HSL	hsl(195, 40%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(195, 56%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 14.5%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.58, -15.69, -20.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.58, 25.91, 232.72°)
OKLab	oklab(64.52% -0.0611 -0.0573)
OKLCH	oklch(64.52% 0.084 223.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.6667, 27.6547, 46.7825)
Luminance	0.2766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E99B3 #B3684E

analogous

#4EB39B #4E99B3 #4E66B3

triadic

#4E99B3 #B34E99 #99B34E

tetradic

#4E99B3 #9B4EB3 #B3684E #66B34E

square

#4E99B3 #9B4EB3 #B3684E #66B34E

split-complementary

#4E99B3 #B34E66 #B39B4E

monochromatic

#28505E #3B7589 #4E99B3 #79B2C5 #A4CAD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#4E99B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#4E99B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E99B3

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E99B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E99B3	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A96B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8BB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e99b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 153, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.084 223.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b7c9',
    500: '#4e99b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e99b3;
$custom-light: #88b7c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e99b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.446,
    "s": 39.921,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64519,
    "c": 0.08373,
    "h": 223.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E99B3

secondary

#C5A398

accent

#7758D0

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E99B3

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

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