#4E859E#4E859E

#4E859E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.070 H 229.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E859E
RGB	rgb(78, 133, 158)
HSL	hsl(199, 34%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(199, 51%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 15.8%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.80, -11.02, -18.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.80, 21.92, 239.82°)
OKLab	oklab(58.86% -0.0457 -0.0525)
OKLCH	oklch(58.86% 0.07 229)
XYZ	xyz(17.6987, 20.8620, 35.4352)
Luminance	0.2086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E859E #9E674E

analogous

#4E9E8F #4E859E #4E5D9E

triadic

#4E859E #9E4E85 #859E4E

tetradic

#4E859E #8F4E9E #9E674E #5D9E4E

square

#4E859E #8F4E9E #9E674E #5D9E4E

split-complementary

#4E859E #9E4E5D #9E8F4E

monochromatic

#26404C #3A6375 #4E859E #71A2B9 #9ABDCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#4E859E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#4E859E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E859E

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E859E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E859E	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#78839F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7A9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#238C8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e859e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 133, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.070 229.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85a8ba',
    500: '#4e859e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e859e;
$custom-light: #85a8ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e859e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.75,
    "s": 33.898,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58858,
    "c": 0.06965,
    "h": 229
  },
  "luminance": 0.20863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E859E

secondary

#BA9C8E

accent

#805ECA

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E859E

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

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