#4E8296#4E8296

#4E8296 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.063 H 224.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8296
RGB	rgb(78, 130, 150)
HSL	hsl(197, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(197, 48%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(48%, 13.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.59, -11.71, -16.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.59, 19.94, 234.03°)
OKLab	oklab(57.8% -0.0451 -0.0446)
OKLCH	oklch(57.8% 0.063 224.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.6275, 19.7857, 31.7911)
Luminance	0.1979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8296 #96624E

analogous

#4E9686 #4E8296 #4E5E96

triadic

#4E8296 #964E82 #82964E

tetradic

#4E8296 #864E96 #96624E #5E964E

square

#4E8296 #864E96 #96624E #5E964E

split-complementary

#4E8296 #964E5E #96864E

monochromatic

#243C45 #395F6E #4E8296 #6EA0B3 #96BAC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#4E8296 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#4E8296 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8296

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8296	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8296	1.00	4.24	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#778097

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7796

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B8888

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8296;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 130, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.063 224.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84a6b4',
    500: '#4e8296',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8296;
$custom-light: #84a6b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8296",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.667,
    "s": 31.579,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57802,
    "c": 0.06348,
    "h": 224.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8296

secondary

#B5978B

accent

#7D60C8

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8296

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

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