#4E8596#4E8596

#4E8596 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.064 H 219.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8596
RGB	rgb(78, 133, 150)
HSL	hsl(194, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(194, 48%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(48%, 11.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.50, -13.38, -14.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.50, 19.92, 227.80°)
OKLab	oklab(58.53% -0.0489 -0.0407)
OKLCH	oklch(58.53% 0.064 219.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.0324, 20.5954, 31.9260)
Luminance	0.2060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8596 #965F4E

analogous

#4E9683 #4E8596 #4E6196

triadic

#4E8596 #964E85 #85964E

tetradic

#4E8596 #834E96 #965F4E #61964E

square

#4E8596 #834E96 #965F4E #61964E

split-complementary

#4E8596 #964E61 #96834E

monochromatic

#243E45 #39616E #4E8596 #6EA3B3 #96BCC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#4E8596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#4E8596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8596

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8596	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8297

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7A96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A8B8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 133, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.064 219.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84a8b4',
    500: '#4e8596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8596;
$custom-light: #84a8b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.167,
    "s": 31.579,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58526,
    "c": 0.06365,
    "h": 219.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8596

secondary

#B5958B

accent

#7960C8

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8596

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

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