#4E8097#4E8097

#4E8097 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.064 H 229.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8097
RGB	rgb(78, 128, 151)
HSL	hsl(199, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(199, 48%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 15.2%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.03, -10.29, -17.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.03, 20.38, 239.66°)
OKLab	oklab(57.36% -0.0422 -0.0487)
OKLCH	oklch(57.36% 0.064 229.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.4450, 19.2912, 32.1291)
Luminance	0.1929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8097 #97654E

analogous

#4E978A #4E8097 #4E5C97

triadic

#4E8097 #974E80 #80974E

tetradic

#4E8097 #8A4E97 #97654E #5C974E

square

#4E8097 #8A4E97 #97654E #5C974E

split-complementary

#4E8097 #974E5C #978A4E

monochromatic

#243C46 #395E6F #4E8097 #6E9EB4 #96B9C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#4E8097 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#4E8097 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8097

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8097	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8097	1.00	4.32	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#747E98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7697

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B8787

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8097;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 128, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.064 229.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84a4b5',
    500: '#4e8097',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8097;
$custom-light: #84a4b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8097",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.904,
    "s": 31.878,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57362,
    "c": 0.06447,
    "h": 229.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8097

secondary

#B6998B

accent

#8160C8

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8097

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

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