#4E99B9#4E99B9

#4E99B9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.088 H 228.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E99B9
RGB	rgb(78, 153, 185)
HSL	hsl(198, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(198, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 17.3%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.80, -13.86, -23.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.80, 27.42, 239.64°)
OKLab	oklab(64.77% -0.0588 -0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(64.77% 0.088 228.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.2867, 27.9028, 50.0481)
Luminance	0.2791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E99B9 #B96E4E

analogous

#4EB9A4 #4E99B9 #4E64B9

triadic

#4E99B9 #B94E99 #99B94E

tetradic

#4E99B9 #A44EB9 #B96E4E #64B94E

square

#4E99B9 #A44EB9 #B96E4E #64B94E

split-complementary

#4E99B9 #B94E64 #B9A44E

monochromatic

#285365 #397691 #4E99B9 #7AB2CA #A6CCDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#4E99B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#4E99B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E99B9

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E99B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E99B9	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8897BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798BB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e99b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 153, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.088 228.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b7ce',
    500: '#4e99b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e99b9;
$custom-light: #88b7ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e99b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.944,
    "s": 43.32,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64773,
    "c": 0.08831,
    "h": 228.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E99B9

secondary

#C9A89A

accent

#7B55D3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E99B9

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

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