#4E99C5#4E99C5

#4E99C5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.099 H 236.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E99C5
RGB	rgb(78, 153, 197)
HSL	hsl(202, 51%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(202, 60%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 22.3%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.28, -10.10, -29.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.28, 31.35, 251.20°)
OKLab	oklab(65.31% -0.0545 -0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(65.31% 0.099 236.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.6073, 28.4310, 57.0034)
Luminance	0.2843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E99C5 #C57A4E

analogous

#4EC5B6 #4E99C5 #4E5EC5

triadic

#4E99C5 #C54E99 #99C54E

tetradic

#4E99C5 #B64EC5 #C57A4E #5EC54E

square

#4E99C5 #B64EC5 #C57A4E #5EC54E

split-complementary

#4E99C5 #C54E5E #C5B64E

monochromatic

#265673 #3579A1 #4E99C5 #7CB4D4 #AACEE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#4E99C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#4E99C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E99C5

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E99C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E99C5	1.00	3.14	6.69	6.69
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8498C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#748CC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e99c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 153, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.099 236.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab7d6',
    500: '#4e99c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e99c5;
$custom-light: #8ab7d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e99c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.185,
    "s": 50.638,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65308,
    "c": 0.09937,
    "h": 236.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E99C5

secondary

#D1B19E

accent

#824EDA

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E99C5

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

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