#4E99B7#4E99B7

#4E99B7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.087 H 226.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E99B7
RGB	rgb(78, 153, 183)
HSL	hsl(197, 42%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(197, 57%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 16.4%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.72, -14.47, -22.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.72, 26.88, 237.42°)
OKLab	oklab(64.69% -0.0596 -0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(64.69% 0.087 226.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.0771, 27.8189, 48.9440)
Luminance	0.2782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E99B7 #B76C4E

analogous

#4EB7A0 #4E99B7 #4E64B7

triadic

#4E99B7 #B74E99 #99B74E

tetradic

#4E99B7 #A04EB7 #B76C4E #64B74E

square

#4E99B7 #A04EB7 #B76C4E #64B74E

split-complementary

#4E99B7 #B74E64 #B7A04E

monochromatic

#285263 #3A768E #4E99B7 #7AB2C9 #A5CBDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#4E99B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#4E99B7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E99B7

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E99B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E99B7	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)

#8996B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8BB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e99b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 153, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.087 226.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b7cc',
    500: '#4e99b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e99b7;
$custom-light: #88b7cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e99b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 42.169,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64688,
    "c": 0.08671,
    "h": 226.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E99B7

secondary

#C8A699

accent

#7956D2

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E99B7

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

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