#4E8494#4E8494

#4E8494 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.062 H 218.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8494
RGB	rgb(78, 132, 148)
HSL	hsl(194, 31%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(194, 47%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.3%, 10.8%, 0%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.13, -13.41, -14.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.13, 19.50, 226.57°)
OKLab	oklab(58.2% -0.0485 -0.0391)
OKLCH	oklch(58.2% 0.062 218.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.7365, 20.2591, 31.0397)
Luminance	0.2026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8494 #945E4E

analogous

#4E9481 #4E8494 #4E6194

triadic

#4E8494 #944E84 #84944E

tetradic

#4E8494 #814E94 #945E4E #61944E

square

#4E8494 #814E94 #945E4E #61944E

split-complementary

#4E8494 #944E61 #94814E

monochromatic

#243D44 #39606C #4E8494 #6DA2B2 #95BCC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#4E8494 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#4E8494 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8494

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8494	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8494	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8195

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7994

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C8A89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8494;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 132, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.062 218.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84a7b3',
    500: '#4e8494',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8494;
$custom-light: #84a7b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8494",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.714,
    "s": 30.973,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58204,
    "c": 0.06226,
    "h": 218.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8494

secondary

#B4948A

accent

#7861C7

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8494

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

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