#4E8091#4E8091

#4E8091 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.060 H 221.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8091
RGB	rgb(78, 128, 145)
HSL	hsl(195, 30%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(195, 46%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 11.7%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.81, -12.05, -14.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.81, 18.79, 230.12°)
OKLab	oklab(57.11% -0.0446 -0.0398)
OKLCH	oklch(57.11% 0.06 221.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.9700, 19.1012, 29.6279)
Luminance	0.1910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8091 #915F4E

analogous

#4E9180 #4E8091 #4E5E91

triadic

#4E8091 #914E80 #80914E

tetradic

#4E8091 #804E91 #915F4E #5E914E

square

#4E8091 #804E91 #915F4E #5E914E

split-complementary

#4E8091 #914E5E #91804E

monochromatic

#233A41 #395D69 #4E8091 #6C9FB0 #94B9C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#4E8091 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#4E8091 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8091

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8091	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8091	1.00	4.36	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#767D92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7691

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F8685

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8091;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 128, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.060 221.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83a5b1',
    500: '#4e8091',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8091;
$custom-light: #83a5b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8091",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.224,
    "s": 30.045,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57113,
    "c": 0.05981,
    "h": 221.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8091

secondary

#B29389

accent

#7B62C6

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F5

border

#CACECF

text

#0B0F10

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8091

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

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