#4E99B5#4E99B5

#4E99B5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.085 H 224.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E99B5
RGB	rgb(78, 153, 181)
HSL	hsl(196, 41%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(196, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 15.5%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.65, -15.08, -21.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.65, 26.37, 235.11°)
OKLab	oklab(64.6% -0.0603 -0.0601)
OKLCH	oklch(64.6% 0.085 224.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.8704, 27.7362, 47.8555)
Luminance	0.2774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E99B5 #B56A4E

analogous

#4EB59E #4E99B5 #4E65B5

triadic

#4E99B5 #B54E99 #99B54E

tetradic

#4E99B5 #9E4EB5 #B56A4E #65B54E

square

#4E99B5 #9E4EB5 #B56A4E #65B54E

split-complementary

#4E99B5 #B54E65 #B59E4E

monochromatic

#285160 #3A758B #4E99B5 #79B2C7 #A4CBD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#4E99B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#4E99B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E99B5

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E99B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E99B5	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A96B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8BB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e99b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 153, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.085 224.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b7cb',
    500: '#4e99b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e99b5;
$custom-light: #88b7cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e99b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.311,
    "s": 41.036,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64603,
    "c": 0.08518,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E99B5

secondary

#C6A599

accent

#7857D1

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E99B5

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

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