#4E8299#4E8299

#4E8299 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.066 H 228.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8299
RGB	rgb(78, 130, 153)
HSL	hsl(198, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(198, 49%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 15%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.71, -10.83, -17.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.71, 20.76, 238.57°)
OKLab	oklab(57.93% -0.044 -0.0491)
OKLCH	oklch(57.93% 0.066 228.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.8722, 19.8836, 33.0796)
Luminance	0.1988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8299 #99654E

analogous

#4E998A #4E8299 #4E5C99

triadic

#4E8299 #994E82 #82994E

tetradic

#4E8299 #8A4E99 #99654E #5C994E

square

#4E8299 #8A4E99 #99654E #5C994E

split-complementary

#4E8299 #994E5C #998A4E

monochromatic

#253D48 #396070 #4E8299 #6FA0B5 #97BBCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#4E8299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#4E8299 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8299

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8299	1.00	4.22	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#76809A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7899

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#288989

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 130, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.066 228.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84a6b7',
    500: '#4e8299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8299;
$custom-light: #84a6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.4,
    "s": 32.468,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57927,
    "c": 0.06588,
    "h": 228.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8299

secondary

#B7998C

accent

#805FC9

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8299

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

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