#4E8497#4E8497

#4E8497 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.064 H 222.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8497
RGB	rgb(78, 132, 151)
HSL	hsl(196, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(196, 48%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 12.6%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.24, -12.54, -15.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.24, 20.13, 231.47°)
OKLab	oklab(58.33% -0.0472 -0.0435)
OKLCH	oklch(58.33% 0.064 222.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.9770, 20.3553, 32.3065)
Luminance	0.2036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8497 #97614E

analogous

#4E9785 #4E8497 #4E6097

triadic

#4E8497 #974E84 #84974E

tetradic

#4E8497 #854E97 #97614E #60974E

square

#4E8497 #854E97 #97614E #60974E

split-complementary

#4E8497 #974E60 #97854E

monochromatic

#243D46 #39616F #4E8497 #6EA2B4 #96BCC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#4E8497 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#4E8497 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8497

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8497	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8497	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798198

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7997

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#298A8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8497;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 132, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.064 222.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84a7b5',
    500: '#4e8497',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8497;
$custom-light: #84a7b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8497",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.616,
    "s": 31.878,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58325,
    "c": 0.06423,
    "h": 222.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8497

secondary

#B6968B

accent

#7B60C8

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8497

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

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