#4E839E#4E839E

#4E839E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.070 H 231.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E839E
RGB	rgb(78, 131, 158)
HSL	hsl(200, 34%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(200, 51%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 17.1%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.20, -9.90, -19.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.20, 22.20, 243.53°)
OKLab	oklab(58.38% -0.0433 -0.0551)
OKLCH	oklch(58.38% 0.07 231.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.4275, 20.3195, 35.3448)
Luminance	0.2032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E839E #9E694E

analogous

#4E9E91 #4E839E #4E5B9E

triadic

#4E839E #9E4E83 #839E4E

tetradic

#4E839E #914E9E #9E694E #5B9E4E

square

#4E839E #914E9E #9E694E #5B9E4E

split-complementary

#4E839E #9E4E5B #9E914E

monochromatic

#263F4C #3A6175 #4E839E #71A0B9 #9ABCCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#4E839E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#4E839E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E839E

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E839E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E839E	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)

#76819F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A799E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#238A8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e839e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 131, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.070 231.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85a7ba',
    500: '#4e839e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e839e;
$custom-light: #85a7ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e839e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.25,
    "s": 33.898,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5838,
    "c": 0.0701,
    "h": 231.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E839E

secondary

#BA9D8E

accent

#825ECA

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E839E

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