#4E8096#4E8096

#4E8096 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.064 H 227.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8096
RGB	rgb(78, 128, 150)
HSL	hsl(198, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(198, 48%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(48%, 14.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.99, -10.59, -17.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.99, 20.08, 238.18°)
OKLab	oklab(57.32% -0.0426 -0.0472)
OKLCH	oklch(57.32% 0.064 227.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.3641, 19.2588, 31.7033)
Luminance	0.1926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8096 #96644E

analogous

#4E9688 #4E8096 #4E5C96

triadic

#4E8096 #964E80 #80964E

tetradic

#4E8096 #884E96 #96644E #5C964E

square

#4E8096 #884E96 #96644E #5C964E

split-complementary

#4E8096 #964E5C #96884E

monochromatic

#243B45 #395E6E #4E8096 #6E9EB3 #96B9C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#4E8096 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#4E8096 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8096

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8096	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8096	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#757E97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7696

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B8687

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8096;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 128, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.064 227.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84a4b5',
    500: '#4e8096',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8096;
$custom-light: #84a4b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8096",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.333,
    "s": 31.579,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5732,
    "c": 0.06362,
    "h": 227.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8096

secondary

#B5988B

accent

#8060C8

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8096

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

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