#4E8196#4E8196

#4E8196 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.064 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8196
RGB	rgb(78, 129, 150)
HSL	hsl(198, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(198, 48%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(48%, 14%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.29, -11.15, -16.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.29, 20.00, 236.11°)
OKLab	oklab(57.56% -0.0439 -0.0459)
OKLCH	oklch(57.56% 0.064 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.4952, 19.5210, 31.7469)
Luminance	0.1952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8196 #96634E

analogous

#4E9687 #4E8196 #4E5D96

triadic

#4E8196 #964E81 #81964E

tetradic

#4E8196 #874E96 #96634E #5D964E

square

#4E8196 #874E96 #96634E #5D964E

split-complementary

#4E8196 #964E5D #96874E

monochromatic

#243C45 #395E6E #4E8196 #6E9FB3 #96BAC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#4E8196 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#4E8196 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8196

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8196	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8196	1.00	4.28	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#767F97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7796

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B8788

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8196;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 129, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.064 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84a5b5',
    500: '#4e8196',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8196;
$custom-light: #84a5b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8196",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.5,
    "s": 31.579,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57561,
    "c": 0.06352,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8196

secondary

#B5978B

accent

#7E60C8

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8196

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

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