#4E839D#4E839D

#4E839D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.069 H 230.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E839D
RGB	rgb(78, 131, 157)
HSL	hsl(200, 34%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(200, 50%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 16.6%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.16, -10.20, -19.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.16, 21.87, 242.21°)
OKLab	oklab(58.34% -0.0436 -0.0537)
OKLCH	oklch(58.34% 0.069 230.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.3418, 20.2852, 34.8933)
Luminance	0.2029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E839D #9D684E

analogous

#4E9D8F #4E839D #4E5B9D

triadic

#4E839D #9D4E83 #839D4E

tetradic

#4E839D #8F4E9D #9D684E #5B9D4E

square

#4E839D #8F4E9D #9D684E #5B9D4E

split-complementary

#4E839D #9D4E5B #9D8F4E

monochromatic

#253F4B #3A6174 #4E839D #70A0B8 #99BBCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#4E839D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#4E839D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E839D

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E839D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E839D	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#76819E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B799D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#248A8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e839d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 131, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.069 230.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85a7ba',
    500: '#4e839d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e839d;
$custom-light: #85a7ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e839d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.747,
    "s": 33.617,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58337,
    "c": 0.06919,
    "h": 230.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E839D

secondary

#B99C8E

accent

#825ECA

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E839D

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

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