#4E8495#4E8495

#4E8495 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.063 H 220.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8495
RGB	rgb(78, 132, 149)
HSL	hsl(194, 31%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(194, 48%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 11.4%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.16, -13.12, -14.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.16, 19.70, 228.24°)
OKLab	oklab(58.24% -0.0481 -0.0406)
OKLCH	oklch(58.24% 0.063 220.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.8160, 20.2909, 31.4583)
Luminance	0.2029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8495 #955F4E

analogous

#4E9583 #4E8495 #4E6195

triadic

#4E8495 #954E84 #84954E

tetradic

#4E8495 #834E95 #955F4E #61954E

square

#4E8495 #834E95 #955F4E #61954E

split-complementary

#4E8495 #954E61 #95834E

monochromatic

#243D45 #39606D #4E8495 #6DA2B3 #96BCC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#4E8495 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#4E8495 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8495

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8495	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8495	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)

#798196

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7995

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B8A89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8495;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 132, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.063 220.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84a7b4',
    500: '#4e8495',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8495;
$custom-light: #84a7b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8495",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.366,
    "s": 31.278,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58244,
    "c": 0.06289,
    "h": 220.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8495

secondary

#B4948A

accent

#7960C7

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8495

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

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