#4E8496#4E8496

#4E8496 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.064 H 221.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8496
RGB	rgb(78, 132, 150)
HSL	hsl(195, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(195, 48%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(48%, 12%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.20, -12.83, -15.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.20, 19.91, 229.87°)
OKLab	oklab(58.28% -0.0476 -0.042)
OKLCH	oklch(58.28% 0.064 221.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.8961, 20.3229, 31.8806)
Luminance	0.2032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8496 #96604E

analogous

#4E9684 #4E8496 #4E6096

triadic

#4E8496 #964E84 #84964E

tetradic

#4E8496 #844E96 #96604E #60964E

square

#4E8496 #844E96 #96604E #60964E

split-complementary

#4E8496 #964E60 #96844E

monochromatic

#243D45 #39616E #4E8496 #6EA2B3 #96BCC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#4E8496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#4E8496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8496

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8496	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)

#798197

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7996

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A8A8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 132, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.064 221.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84a7b4',
    500: '#4e8496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8496;
$custom-light: #84a7b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 31.579,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58284,
    "c": 0.06354,
    "h": 221.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8496

secondary

#B5958B

accent

#7A60C8

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8496

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

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