#4E99B6#4E99B6

#4E99B6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.086 H 225.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E99B6
RGB	rgb(78, 153, 182)
HSL	hsl(197, 42%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(197, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 15.9%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.69, -14.78, -22.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.69, 26.62, 236.27°)
OKLab	oklab(64.65% -0.0599 -0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(64.65% 0.086 225.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.9734, 27.7774, 48.3978)
Luminance	0.2778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E99B6 #B66B4E

analogous

#4EB69F #4E99B6 #4E65B6

triadic

#4E99B6 #B64E99 #99B64E

tetradic

#4E99B6 #9F4EB6 #B66B4E #65B64E

square

#4E99B6 #9F4EB6 #B66B4E #65B64E

split-complementary

#4E99B6 #B64E65 #B69F4E

monochromatic

#285161 #3A768D #4E99B6 #79B2C8 #A5CBDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#4E99B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#4E99B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E99B6

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E99B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E99B6	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8996B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8BB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e99b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 153, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.086 225.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b7cc',
    500: '#4e99b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e99b6;
$custom-light: #88b7cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e99b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.731,
    "s": 41.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64645,
    "c": 0.08594,
    "h": 225.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E99B6

secondary

#C7A699

accent

#7956D1

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E99B6

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

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