#4E8090#4E8090

#4E8090 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.059 H 220.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8090
RGB	rgb(78, 128, 144)
HSL	hsl(195, 30%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(195, 46%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.8%, 11.1%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.77, -12.34, -13.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.77, 18.58, 228.39°)
OKLab	oklab(57.07% -0.0451 -0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(57.07% 0.059 220.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.8933, 19.0705, 29.2236)
Luminance	0.1907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8090 #905E4E

analogous

#4E907F #4E8090 #4E5F90

triadic

#4E8090 #904E80 #80904E

tetradic

#4E8090 #7F4E90 #905E4E #5F904E

square

#4E8090 #7F4E90 #905E4E #5F904E

split-complementary

#4E8090 #904E5F #907F4E

monochromatic

#233941 #385D68 #4E8090 #6C9FAF #94B9C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#4E8090 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#4E8090 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8090

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8090	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8090	1.00	4.36	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#767D91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7690

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#308585

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8090;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 128, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.059 220.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83a5b0',
    500: '#4e8090',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8090;
$custom-light: #83a5b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8090",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.545,
    "s": 29.73,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57073,
    "c": 0.05914,
    "h": 220.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8090

secondary

#B19288

accent

#7A62C6

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B0F10

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8090

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

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