#4E8394#4E8394

#4E8394 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.062 H 220.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8394
RGB	rgb(78, 131, 148)
HSL	hsl(195, 31%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(195, 47%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.3%, 11.5%, 0%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.82, -12.85, -14.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.82, 19.47, 228.69°)
OKLab	oklab(57.96% -0.0472 -0.0404)
OKLCH	oklch(57.96% 0.062 220.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.6015, 19.9891, 30.9947)
Luminance	0.1999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8394 #945F4E

analogous

#4E9482 #4E8394 #4E6094

triadic

#4E8394 #944E83 #83944E

tetradic

#4E8394 #824E94 #945F4E #60944E

square

#4E8394 #824E94 #945F4E #60944E

split-complementary

#4E8394 #944E60 #94824E

monochromatic

#243C44 #39606C #4E8394 #6DA1B2 #95BBC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#4E8394 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#4E8394 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8394

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8394	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8394	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798095

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7894

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C8988

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8394;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 131, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.062 220.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84a7b3',
    500: '#4e8394',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8394;
$custom-light: #84a7b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8394",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.571,
    "s": 30.973,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57961,
    "c": 0.06212,
    "h": 220.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8394

secondary

#B4948A

accent

#7A61C7

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8394

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

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