#4E99C2#4E99C2

#4E99C2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.096 H 234.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E99C2
RGB	rgb(78, 153, 194)
HSL	hsl(201, 49%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(201, 60%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 21.1%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.15, -11.05, -28.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.15, 30.27, 248.58°)
OKLab	oklab(65.17% -0.0555 -0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(65.17% 0.096 234.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.2670, 28.2949, 55.2111)
Luminance	0.2830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E99C2 #C2774E

analogous

#4EC2B1 #4E99C2 #4E5FC2

triadic

#4E99C2 #C24E99 #99C24E

tetradic

#4E99C2 #B14EC2 #C2774E #5FC24E

square

#4E99C2 #B14EC2 #C2774E #5FC24E

split-complementary

#4E99C2 #C24E5F #C2B14E

monochromatic

#26556F #36789D #4E99C2 #7CB3D2 #A9CDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#4E99C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#4E99C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E99C2

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E99C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E99C2	1.00	3.15	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8598C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#758CC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e99c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 153, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.096 234.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b7d4',
    500: '#4e99c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e99c2;
$custom-light: #89b7d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e99c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.207,
    "s": 48.739,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65171,
    "c": 0.09641,
    "h": 234.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E99C2

secondary

#CFAF9D

accent

#8050D8

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E99C2

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

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