#4E99BE#4E99BE

#4E99BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.093 H 232.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E99BE
RGB	rgb(78, 153, 190)
HSL	hsl(200, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(200, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 19.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.99, -12.31, -26.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.99, 28.93, 244.82°)
OKLab	oklab(64.99% -0.057 -0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(64.99% 0.093 232.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.8238, 28.1176, 52.8770)
Luminance	0.2812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E99BE #BE734E

analogous

#4EBEAB #4E99BE #4E61BE

triadic

#4E99BE #BE4E99 #99BE4E

tetradic

#4E99BE #AB4EBE #BE734E #61BE4E

square

#4E99BE #AB4EBE #BE734E #61BE4E

split-complementary

#4E99BE #BE4E61 #BEAB4E

monochromatic

#27546A #387897 #4E99BE #7BB3CE #A8CDDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#4E99BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#4E99BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E99BE

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E99BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E99BE	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)

#8797C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778BBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e99be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 153, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.093 232.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b7d1',
    500: '#4e99be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e99be;
$custom-light: #89b7d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e99be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.821,
    "s": 46.281,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64992,
    "c": 0.09266,
    "h": 232.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E99BE

secondary

#CCAC9C

accent

#7D52D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E99BE

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

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