#4E99C0#4E99C0

#4E99C0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.095 H 233.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E99C0
RGB	rgb(78, 153, 192)
HSL	hsl(201, 48%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(201, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 20.3%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.07, -11.68, -27.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.07, 29.59, 246.74°)
OKLab	oklab(65.08% -0.0562 -0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(65.08% 0.095 233.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.0439, 28.2057, 54.0361)
Luminance	0.2821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E99C0 #C0754E

analogous

#4EC0AE #4E99C0 #4E60C0

triadic

#4E99C0 #C04E99 #99C04E

tetradic

#4E99C0 #AE4EC0 #C0754E #60C04E

square

#4E99C0 #AE4EC0 #C0754E #60C04E

split-complementary

#4E99C0 #C04E60 #C0AE4E

monochromatic

#27556D #37789A #4E99C0 #7BB3D0 #A8CDE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#4E99C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#4E99C0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E99C0

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E99C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E99C0	1.00	3.16	6.64	6.64
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8697C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768CBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e99c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 153, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.095 233.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b7d3',
    500: '#4e99c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e99c0;
$custom-light: #89b7d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e99c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.526,
    "s": 47.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65081,
    "c": 0.09451,
    "h": 233.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E99C0

secondary

#CEAD9C

accent

#7F51D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E99C0

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

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