#4E839B#4E839B

#4E839B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.067 H 228.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E839B
RGB	rgb(78, 131, 155)
HSL	hsl(199, 33%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(199, 50%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 15.5%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.08, -10.80, -18.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.08, 21.25, 239.47°)
OKLab	oklab(58.25% -0.0444 -0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(58.25% 0.067 228.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.1724, 20.2175, 34.0014)
Luminance	0.2022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E839B #9B664E

analogous

#4E9B8C #4E839B #4E5C9B

triadic

#4E839B #9B4E83 #839B4E

tetradic

#4E839B #8C4E9B #9B664E #5C9B4E

square

#4E839B #8C4E9B #9B664E #5C9B4E

split-complementary

#4E839B #9B4E5C #9B8C4E

monochromatic

#253E4A #3A6172 #4E839B #6FA1B7 #98BBCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#4E839B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#4E839B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E839B

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E839B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E839B	1.00	4.16	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#77819C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C799B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#268A8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e839b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 131, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.067 228.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84a7b8',
    500: '#4e839b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e839b;
$custom-light: #84a7b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e839b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.701,
    "s": 33.047,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58251,
    "c": 0.06742,
    "h": 228.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E839B

secondary

#B89A8D

accent

#805FC9

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E839B

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

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