#4E99BD#4E99BD

#4E99BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.092 H 231.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E99BD
RGB	rgb(78, 153, 189)
HSL	hsl(199, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(199, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 19%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.96, -12.62, -25.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.96, 28.61, 243.82°)
OKLab	oklab(64.95% -0.0573 -0.0716)
OKLCH	oklch(64.95% 0.092 231.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.7149, 28.0741, 52.3033)
Luminance	0.2808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E99BD #BD724E

analogous

#4EBDA9 #4E99BD #4E62BD

triadic

#4E99BD #BD4E99 #99BD4E

tetradic

#4E99BD #A94EBD #BD724E #62BD4E

square

#4E99BD #A94EBD #BD724E #62BD4E

split-complementary

#4E99BD #BD4E62 #BDA94E

monochromatic

#275469 #387796 #4E99BD #7BB3CE #A7CCDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#4E99BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#4E99BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E99BD

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E99BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E99BD	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8797BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778BBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e99bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 153, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.092 231.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b7d1',
    500: '#4e99bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e99bd;
$custom-light: #89b7d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e99bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.459,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64948,
    "c": 0.09175,
    "h": 231.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E99BD

secondary

#CCAB9B

accent

#7D52D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E99BD

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

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