#4E808B#4E808B

#4E808B is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.056 H 213.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E808B
RGB	rgb(78, 128, 139)
HSL	hsl(191, 28%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(191, 44%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.9%, 7.9%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.59, -13.76, -11.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.59, 17.76, 219.21°)
OKLab	oklab(56.88% -0.0471 -0.0309)
OKLCH	oklch(56.88% 0.056 213.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.5196, 18.9210, 27.2554)
Luminance	0.1892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E808B #8B594E

analogous

#4E8B78 #4E808B #4E618B

triadic

#4E808B #8B4E80 #808B4E

tetradic

#4E808B #784E8B #8B594E #618B4E

square

#4E808B #784E8B #8B594E #618B4E

split-complementary

#4E808B #8B4E61 #8B784E

monochromatic

#22383D #385C64 #4E808B #6BA0AC #92B9C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#4E808B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#4E808B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E808B

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E808B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E808B	1.00	4.39	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#777D8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E758B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#338583

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e808b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 128, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.056 213.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83a5ac',
    500: '#4e808b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e808b;
$custom-light: #83a5ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e808b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.82,
    "s": 28.111,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56875,
    "c": 0.05636,
    "h": 213.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E808B

secondary

#AE8E87

accent

#7563C4

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B0F10

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E808B

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

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