#4E8199#4E8199

#4E8199 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.066 H 229.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8199
RGB	rgb(78, 129, 153)
HSL	hsl(199, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(199, 49%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 15.7%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.40, -10.26, -18.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.40, 20.88, 240.55°)
OKLab	oklab(57.69% -0.0427 -0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(57.69% 0.066 229.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.7398, 19.6188, 33.0355)
Luminance	0.1962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8199 #99664E

analogous

#4E998B #4E8199 #4E5B99

triadic

#4E8199 #994E81 #81994E

tetradic

#4E8199 #8B4E99 #99664E #5B994E

square

#4E8199 #8B4E99 #99664E #5B994E

split-complementary

#4E8199 #994E5B #998B4E

monochromatic

#253D48 #395F70 #4E8199 #6F9FB5 #97BACA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#4E8199 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#4E8199 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8199

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8199	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8199	1.00	4.26	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#757F9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7799

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#298889

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8199;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 129, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.066 229.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84a5b7',
    500: '#4e8199',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8199;
$custom-light: #84a5b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8199",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.2,
    "s": 32.468,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57687,
    "c": 0.06604,
    "h": 229.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8199

secondary

#B79A8C

accent

#815FC9

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8199

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

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