#4E809E#4E809E

#4E809E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.071 H 236.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E809E
RGB	rgb(78, 128, 158)
HSL	hsl(203, 34%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(203, 51%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 19%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.30, -8.19, -21.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.30, 22.78, 248.93°)
OKLab	oklab(57.67% -0.0396 -0.0591)
OKLCH	oklch(57.67% 0.071 236.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.0304, 19.5253, 35.2124)
Luminance	0.1953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E809E #9E6C4E

analogous

#4E9E94 #4E809E #4E589E

triadic

#4E809E #9E4E80 #809E4E

tetradic

#4E809E #944E9E #9E6C4E #589E4E

square

#4E809E #944E9E #9E6C4E #589E4E

split-complementary

#4E809E #9E4E58 #9E944E

monochromatic

#263E4C #3A5F75 #4E809E #719EB9 #9ABACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#4E809E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#4E809E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E809E

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E809E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E809E	1.00	4.28	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#727F9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#67769E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24888A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e809e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 128, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.071 236.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85a4ba',
    500: '#4e809e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e809e;
$custom-light: #85a4ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e809e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.5,
    "s": 33.898,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57666,
    "c": 0.0711,
    "h": 236.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E809E

secondary

#BA9E8E

accent

#865ECA

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E809E

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

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