#4E99CE#4E99CE

#4E99CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.109 H 241.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E99CE
RGB	rgb(78, 153, 206)
HSL	hsl(205, 57%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(205, 62%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 25.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.65, -7.21, -34.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.65, 34.89, 258.07°)
OKLab	oklab(65.73% -0.0515 -0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(65.73% 0.109 241.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.6695, 28.8559, 62.5975)
Luminance	0.2886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E99CE #CE834E

analogous

#4ECEC3 #4E99CE #4E59CE

triadic

#4E99CE #CE4E99 #99CE4E

tetradic

#4E99CE #C34ECE #CE834E #59CE4E

square

#4E99CE #C34ECE #CE834E #59CE4E

split-complementary

#4E99CE #CE4E59 #CEC34E

monochromatic

#23597F #307AAE #4E99CE #7EB5DB #AED0E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#4E99CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#4E99CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E99CE

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E99CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E99CE	1.00	3.10	6.77	6.77
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8199D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#708DCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e99ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 153, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.109 241.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb6dd',
    500: '#4e99ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e99ce;
$custom-light: #8bb6dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e99ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.844,
    "s": 56.637,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65733,
    "c": 0.10887,
    "h": 241.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E99CE

secondary

#D7B7A1

accent

#8748E0

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E99CE

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

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