#4E8399#4E8399

#4E8399 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.066 H 226.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8399
RGB	rgb(78, 131, 153)
HSL	hsl(198, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(198, 49%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 14.4%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.01, -11.39, -17.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.01, 20.68, 236.57°)
OKLab	oklab(58.17% -0.0452 -0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(58.17% 0.066 226.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.0059, 20.1509, 33.1242)
Luminance	0.2015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8399 #99644E

analogous

#4E9989 #4E8399 #4E5D99

triadic

#4E8399 #994E83 #83994E

tetradic

#4E8399 #894E99 #99644E #5D994E

square

#4E8399 #894E99 #99644E #5D994E

split-complementary

#4E8399 #994E5D #99894E

monochromatic

#253E48 #396070 #4E8399 #6FA1B5 #97BBCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#4E8399 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#4E8399 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8399

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8399	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8399	1.00	4.17	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#77819A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7899

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#288A8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8399;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 131, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.066 226.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84a7b7',
    500: '#4e8399',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8399;
$custom-light: #84a7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8399",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.6,
    "s": 32.468,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58167,
    "c": 0.06576,
    "h": 226.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8399

secondary

#B7998C

accent

#7E5FC9

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8399

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

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