#4E8595#4E8595

#4E8595 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.063 H 218.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8595
RGB	rgb(78, 133, 149)
HSL	hsl(194, 31%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(194, 48%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 10.7%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.47, -13.67, -14.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.47, 19.74, 226.15°)
OKLab	oklab(58.49% -0.0493 -0.0393)
OKLCH	oklch(58.49% 0.063 218.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.9522, 20.5634, 31.5038)
Luminance	0.2056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8595 #955E4E

analogous

#4E9582 #4E8595 #4E6295

triadic

#4E8595 #954E85 #85954E

tetradic

#4E8595 #824E95 #955E4E #62954E

square

#4E8595 #824E95 #955E4E #62954E

split-complementary

#4E8595 #954E62 #95824E

monochromatic

#243D45 #39616D #4E8595 #6DA3B3 #96BCC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#4E8595 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#4E8595 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8595

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8595	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8595	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8296

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707A95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B8B8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8595;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 133, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.063 218.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84a8b4',
    500: '#4e8595',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8595;
$custom-light: #84a8b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8595",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.521,
    "s": 31.278,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58486,
    "c": 0.06304,
    "h": 218.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8595

secondary

#B4948A

accent

#7860C7

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8595

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

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