#4E8197#4E8197

#4E8197 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.064 H 227.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8197
RGB	rgb(78, 129, 151)
HSL	hsl(198, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(198, 48%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 14.6%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.33, -10.86, -17.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.33, 20.28, 237.63°)
OKLab	oklab(57.6% -0.0435 -0.0474)
OKLCH	oklch(57.6% 0.064 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.5760, 19.5533, 32.1728)
Luminance	0.1956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8197 #97644E

analogous

#4E9789 #4E8197 #4E5D97

triadic

#4E8197 #974E81 #81974E

tetradic

#4E8197 #894E97 #97644E #5D974E

square

#4E8197 #894E97 #97644E #5D974E

split-complementary

#4E8197 #974E5D #97894E

monochromatic

#243C46 #395F6F #4E8197 #6E9FB4 #96BAC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#4E8197 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#4E8197 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8197

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8197	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8197	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)

#757F98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7797

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A8788

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8197;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 129, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.064 227.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84a5b5',
    500: '#4e8197',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8197;
$custom-light: #84a5b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8197",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.082,
    "s": 31.878,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57602,
    "c": 0.06433,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8197

secondary

#B6988B

accent

#7F60C8

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8197

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

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