#4E8499#4E8499

#4E8499 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.066 H 225.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8499
RGB	rgb(78, 132, 153)
HSL	hsl(197, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(197, 49%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 13.7%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.31, -11.95, -16.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.31, 20.61, 234.57°)
OKLab	oklab(58.41% -0.0464 -0.0465)
OKLCH	oklch(58.41% 0.066 225)
XYZ	xyz(17.1408, 20.4208, 33.1692)
Luminance	0.2042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8499 #99634E

analogous

#4E9988 #4E8499 #4E5E99

triadic

#4E8499 #994E84 #84994E

tetradic

#4E8499 #884E99 #99634E #5E994E

square

#4E8499 #884E99 #99634E #5E994E

split-complementary

#4E8499 #994E5E #99884E

monochromatic

#253E48 #396170 #4E8499 #6FA2B5 #97BCCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#4E8499 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#4E8499 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8499

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8499	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8499	1.00	4.13	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#78829A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7999

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#288A8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8499;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 132, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.066 225.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84a7b7',
    500: '#4e8499',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8499;
$custom-light: #84a7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8499",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.8,
    "s": 32.468,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58408,
    "c": 0.0657,
    "h": 225
  },
  "luminance": 0.20422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8499

secondary

#B7988C

accent

#7D5FC9

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8499

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

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