#4E99C8#4E99C8

#4E99C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.102 H 238.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E99C8
RGB	rgb(78, 153, 200)
HSL	hsl(203, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(203, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 23.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.40, -9.15, -31.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.40, 32.49, 253.65°)
OKLab	oklab(65.45% -0.0534 -0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(65.45% 0.102 238.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.9545, 28.5699, 58.8318)
Luminance	0.2857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E99C8 #C87D4E

analogous

#4EC8BA #4E99C8 #4E5CC8

triadic

#4E99C8 #C84E99 #99C84E

tetradic

#4E99C8 #BA4EC8 #C87D4E #5CC84E

square

#4E99C8 #BA4EC8 #C87D4E #5CC84E

split-complementary

#4E99C8 #C84E5C #C8BA4E

monochromatic

#255777 #3379A5 #4E99C8 #7DB4D7 #ABCFE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#4E99C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#4E99C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E99C8

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E99C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E99C8	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8399CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#738CC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e99c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 153, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.102 238.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab7d9',
    500: '#4e99c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e99c8;
$custom-light: #8ab7d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e99c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.115,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65448,
    "c": 0.10245,
    "h": 238.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E99C8

secondary

#D3B39F

accent

#834CDC

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1114

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E99C8

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

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