#4E8491#4E8491

#4E8491 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.061 H 214.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8491
RGB	rgb(78, 132, 145)
HSL	hsl(192, 30%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(192, 46%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 9%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.02, -14.27, -12.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.02, 19.02, 221.39°)
OKLab	oklab(58.09% -0.0497 -0.0346)
OKLCH	oklch(58.09% 0.061 214.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.5021, 20.1653, 29.8053)
Luminance	0.2017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8491 #915B4E

analogous

#4E917C #4E8491 #4E6291

triadic

#4E8491 #914E84 #84914E

tetradic

#4E8491 #7C4E91 #915B4E #62914E

square

#4E8491 #7C4E91 #915B4E #62914E

split-complementary

#4E8491 #914E62 #917C4E

monochromatic

#233C41 #396069 #4E8491 #6CA3B0 #94BCC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#4E8491 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#4E8491 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8491

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8491	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8491	1.00	4.17	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.17	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)

#7B8192

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707991

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E8988

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8491;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 132, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.061 214.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84a7b1',
    500: '#4e8491',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8491;
$custom-light: #84a7b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8491",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.642,
    "s": 30.045,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58085,
    "c": 0.06059,
    "h": 214.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8491

secondary

#B29189

accent

#7562C6

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F5

border

#CACECF

text

#0B0F10

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8491

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

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