#4E849B#4E849B

#4E849B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.067 H 227.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E849B
RGB	rgb(78, 132, 155)
HSL	hsl(198, 33%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(198, 50%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 14.8%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.38, -11.36, -17.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.38, 21.15, 237.53°)
OKLab	oklab(58.49% -0.0457 -0.0494)
OKLCH	oklch(58.49% 0.067 227.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.3074, 20.4874, 34.0464)
Luminance	0.2049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E849B #9B654E

analogous

#4E9B8B #4E849B #4E5D9B

triadic

#4E849B #9B4E84 #849B4E

tetradic

#4E849B #8B4E9B #9B654E #5D9B4E

square

#4E849B #8B4E9B #9B654E #5D9B4E

split-complementary

#4E849B #9B4E5D #9B8B4E

monochromatic

#253F4A #3A6172 #4E849B #6FA1B7 #98BCCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#4E849B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#4E849B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E849B

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E849B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E849B	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#78829C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D799B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#268B8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e849b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 132, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.067 227.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85a7b8',
    500: '#4e849b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e849b;
$custom-light: #85a7b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e849b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.922,
    "s": 33.047,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58491,
    "c": 0.06728,
    "h": 227.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E849B

secondary

#B89A8D

accent

#7E5FC9

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E849B

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

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