#4E8396#4E8396

#4E8396 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.063 H 223.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8396
RGB	rgb(78, 131, 150)
HSL	hsl(196, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(196, 48%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(48%, 12.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.90, -12.27, -15.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.90, 19.91, 231.95°)
OKLab	oklab(58.04% -0.0464 -0.0433)
OKLCH	oklch(58.04% 0.063 223)
XYZ	xyz(16.7612, 20.0530, 31.8356)
Luminance	0.2005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8396 #96614E

analogous

#4E9685 #4E8396 #4E5F96

triadic

#4E8396 #964E83 #83964E

tetradic

#4E8396 #854E96 #96614E #5F964E

square

#4E8396 #854E96 #96614E #5F964E

split-complementary

#4E8396 #964E5F #96854E

monochromatic

#243D45 #39606E #4E8396 #6EA1B3 #96BBC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#4E8396 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#4E8396 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8396

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8396	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8396	1.00	4.19	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788097

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7896

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B8989

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8396;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 131, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.063 223.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84a7b4',
    500: '#4e8396',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8396;
$custom-light: #84a7b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8396",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.833,
    "s": 31.579,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58043,
    "c": 0.06349,
    "h": 223
  },
  "luminance": 0.20054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8396

secondary

#B5968B

accent

#7B60C8

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8396

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

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