#4E8393#4E8393

#4E8393 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.061 H 219.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8393
RGB	rgb(78, 131, 147)
HSL	hsl(194, 31%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(194, 47%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.9%, 10.9%, 0%, 42.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.79, -13.14, -14.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.79, 19.27, 227.00°)
OKLab	oklab(57.92% -0.0476 -0.0389)
OKLCH	oklch(57.92% 0.061 219.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.5227, 19.9576, 30.5796)
Luminance	0.1996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8393 #935E4E

analogous

#4E9381 #4E8393 #4E6193

triadic

#4E8393 #934E83 #83934E

tetradic

#4E8393 #814E93 #935E4E #61934E

square

#4E8393 #814E93 #935E4E #61934E

split-complementary

#4E8393 #934E61 #93814E

monochromatic

#243C43 #395F6B #4E8393 #6DA2B1 #95BBC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#4E8393 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99

#4E8393 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8393

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8393	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8393	1.00	4.21	4.99	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798094

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7893

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D8988

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8393;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 131, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.061 219.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84a7b2',
    500: '#4e8393',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8393;
$custom-light: #84a7b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8393",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.913,
    "s": 30.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57921,
    "c": 0.06148,
    "h": 219.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8393

secondary

#B3938A

accent

#7961C7

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F5

border

#CACECF

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8393

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

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