#4E838E#4E838E

#4E838E is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.059 H 212.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E838E
RGB	rgb(78, 131, 142)
HSL	hsl(190, 29%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(190, 45%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.1%, 7.7%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.62, -14.57, -11.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.62, 18.53, 218.15°)
OKLab	oklab(57.72% -0.0497 -0.0315)
OKLCH	oklch(57.72% 0.059 212.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.1389, 19.8041, 28.5581)
Luminance	0.1981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E838E #8E594E

analogous

#4E8E79 #4E838E #4E638E

triadic

#4E838E #8E4E83 #838E4E

tetradic

#4E838E #794E8E #8E594E #638E4E

square

#4E838E #794E8E #8E594E #638E4E

split-complementary

#4E838E #8E4E63 #8E794E

monochromatic

#233A3F #385F66 #4E838E #6BA2AE #93BBC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#4E838E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#4E838E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E838E

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E838E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E838E	1.00	4.23	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.23	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)

#7A7F8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70788E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#308886

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e838e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 131, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.059 212.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83a7af',
    500: '#4e838e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e838e;
$custom-light: #83a7af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e838e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.313,
    "s": 29.091,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57724,
    "c": 0.05885,
    "h": 212.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E838E

secondary

#B08F88

accent

#7362C5

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B0F10

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E838E

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

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