#4E8490#4E8490

#4E8490 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.060 H 213.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8490
RGB	rgb(78, 132, 144)
HSL	hsl(191, 30%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(191, 46%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.8%, 8.3%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.99, -14.55, -12.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.99, 18.89, 219.62°)
OKLab	oklab(58.05% -0.0501 -0.0332)
OKLCH	oklch(58.05% 0.06 213.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.4253, 20.1346, 29.4010)
Luminance	0.2014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8490 #905A4E

analogous

#4E907B #4E8490 #4E6390

triadic

#4E8490 #904E84 #84904E

tetradic

#4E8490 #7B4E90 #905A4E #63904E

square

#4E8490 #7B4E90 #905A4E #63904E

split-complementary

#4E8490 #904E63 #907B4E

monochromatic

#233B41 #386068 #4E8490 #6CA3AF #94BCC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#4E8490 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#4E8490 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8490

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8490	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8490	1.00	4.18	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.18	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)

#7B8191

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707990

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F8988

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8490;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 132, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.060 213.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84a8b0',
    500: '#4e8490',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8490;
$custom-light: #84a8b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8490",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.909,
    "s": 29.73,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58046,
    "c": 0.06012,
    "h": 213.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8490

secondary

#B19088

accent

#7462C6

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B0F10

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8490

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

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