#4E99CD#4E99CD

#4E99CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.108 H 241.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E99CD
RGB	rgb(78, 153, 205)
HSL	hsl(205, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(205, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 25.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.61, -7.54, -33.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.61, 34.48, 257.37°)
OKLab	oklab(65.69% -0.0518 -0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(65.69% 0.108 241.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.5484, 28.8075, 61.9598)
Luminance	0.2881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E99CD #CD824E

analogous

#4ECDC1 #4E99CD #4E59CD

triadic

#4E99CD #CD4E99 #99CD4E

tetradic

#4E99CD #C14ECD #CD824E #59CD4E

square

#4E99CD #C14ECD #CD824E #59CD4E

split-complementary

#4E99CD #CD4E59 #CDC14E

monochromatic

#23587D #317AAD #4E99CD #7EB4DA #ADD0E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#4E99CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#4E99CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E99CD

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E99CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E99CD	1.00	3.11	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8299CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#708DCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e99cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 153, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.108 241.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb6dc',
    500: '#4e99cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e99cd;
$custom-light: #8bb6dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e99cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.567,
    "s": 55.947,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65685,
    "c": 0.10777,
    "h": 241.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E99CD

secondary

#D6B7A1

accent

#8649DF

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E99CD

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

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