#4E8295#4E8295

#4E8295 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.063 H 223.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8295
RGB	rgb(78, 130, 149)
HSL	hsl(196, 31%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(196, 48%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 12.8%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.56, -12.01, -15.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.56, 19.70, 232.44°)
OKLab	oklab(57.76% -0.0456 -0.0431)
OKLCH	oklch(57.76% 0.063 223.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.5474, 19.7536, 31.3688)
Luminance	0.1976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8295 #95614E

analogous

#4E9585 #4E8295 #4E5F95

triadic

#4E8295 #954E82 #82954E

tetradic

#4E8295 #854E95 #95614E #5F954E

square

#4E8295 #854E95 #95614E #5F954E

split-complementary

#4E8295 #954E5F #95854E

monochromatic

#243C45 #395F6D #4E8295 #6DA0B3 #96BAC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#4E8295 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#4E8295 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8295

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8295	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8295	1.00	4.24	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#778096

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7795

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C8888

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8295;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 130, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.063 223.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84a6b4',
    500: '#4e8295',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8295;
$custom-light: #84a6b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8295",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.056,
    "s": 31.278,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5776,
    "c": 0.06274,
    "h": 223.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8295

secondary

#B4968A

accent

#7C60C7

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8295

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

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