#4E8397#4E8397

#4E8397 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.064 H 224.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8397
RGB	rgb(78, 131, 151)
HSL	hsl(196, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(196, 48%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 13.2%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.93, -11.98, -16.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.93, 20.15, 233.53°)
OKLab	oklab(58.08% -0.046 -0.0448)
OKLCH	oklch(58.08% 0.064 224.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.8421, 20.0854, 32.2615)
Luminance	0.2009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8397 #97624E

analogous

#4E9786 #4E8397 #4E5F97

triadic

#4E8397 #974E83 #83974E

tetradic

#4E8397 #864E97 #97624E #5F974E

square

#4E8397 #864E97 #97624E #5F974E

split-complementary

#4E8397 #974E5F #97864E

monochromatic

#243D46 #39606F #4E8397 #6EA1B4 #96BBC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#4E8397 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#4E8397 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8397

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8397	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8397	1.00	4.19	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788198

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7897

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A8989

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8397;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 131, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.064 224.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84a7b5',
    500: '#4e8397',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8397;
$custom-light: #84a7b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8397",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.438,
    "s": 31.878,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58084,
    "c": 0.06422,
    "h": 224.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8397

secondary

#B6978B

accent

#7C60C8

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8397

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

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