#4E839F#4E839F

#4E839F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.071 H 232.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E839F
RGB	rgb(78, 131, 159)
HSL	hsl(201, 34%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(201, 51%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 17.6%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.24, -9.59, -20.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.24, 22.54, 244.81°)
OKLab	oklab(58.42% -0.0429 -0.0566)
OKLCH	oklch(58.42% 0.071 232.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.5139, 20.3541, 35.8000)
Luminance	0.2036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E839F #9F6A4E

analogous

#4E9F93 #4E839F #4E5B9F

triadic

#4E839F #9F4E83 #839F4E

tetradic

#4E839F #934E9F #9F6A4E #5B9F4E

square

#4E839F #934E9F #9F6A4E #5B9F4E

split-complementary

#4E839F #9F4E5B #9F934E

monochromatic

#263F4D #3A6176 #4E839F #71A0B9 #9ABCCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#4E839F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#4E839F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E839F

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E839F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E839F	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7582A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A799F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#228B8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e839f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 131, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.071 232.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85a7bb',
    500: '#4e839f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e839f;
$custom-light: #85a7bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e839f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.741,
    "s": 34.177,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58424,
    "c": 0.07104,
    "h": 232.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E839F

secondary

#BA9E8F

accent

#835ECA

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E839F

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

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