#4E99B4#4E99B4

#4E99B4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.084 H 224.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E99B4
RGB	rgb(78, 153, 180)
HSL	hsl(196, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(196, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 15%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.61, -15.39, -21.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.61, 26.13, 233.93°)
OKLab	oklab(64.56% -0.0607 -0.0587)
OKLCH	oklch(64.56% 0.084 224)
XYZ	xyz(22.7682, 27.6953, 47.3170)
Luminance	0.2770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E99B4 #B4694E

analogous

#4EB49C #4E99B4 #4E66B4

triadic

#4E99B4 #B44E99 #99B44E

tetradic

#4E99B4 #9C4EB4 #B4694E #66B44E

square

#4E99B4 #9C4EB4 #B4694E #66B44E

split-complementary

#4E99B4 #B44E66 #B49C4E

monochromatic

#28515F #3B758A #4E99B4 #79B2C6 #A4CBD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#4E99B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#4E99B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E99B4

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E99B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E99B4	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A96B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8BB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e99b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 153, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.084 224.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b7ca',
    500: '#4e99b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e99b4;
$custom-light: #88b7ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e99b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.882,
    "s": 40.476,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64561,
    "c": 0.08445,
    "h": 224
  },
  "luminance": 0.27697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E99B4

secondary

#C6A498

accent

#7757D0

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E99B4

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

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