#4E8599#4E8599

#4E8599 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.066 H 223.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8599
RGB	rgb(78, 133, 153)
HSL	hsl(196, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(196, 49%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 13.1%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.61, -12.51, -16.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.61, 20.57, 232.56°)
OKLab	oklab(58.65% -0.0477 -0.0452)
OKLCH	oklch(58.65% 0.066 223.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.2771, 20.6933, 33.2146)
Luminance	0.2069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8599 #99624E

analogous

#4E9987 #4E8599 #4E5F99

triadic

#4E8599 #994E85 #85994E

tetradic

#4E8599 #874E99 #99624E #5F994E

square

#4E8599 #874E99 #99624E #5F994E

split-complementary

#4E8599 #994E5F #99874E

monochromatic

#253F48 #396270 #4E8599 #6FA3B5 #97BDCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#4E8599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#4E8599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8599

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8599	1.00	4.09	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A829A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7A99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#278B8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 133, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.066 223.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84a8b7',
    500: '#4e8599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8599;
$custom-light: #84a8b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196,
    "s": 32.468,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58649,
    "c": 0.06569,
    "h": 223.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8599

secondary

#B7978C

accent

#7B5FC9

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8599

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

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