#4E859F#4E859F

#4E859F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.071 H 230.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E859F
RGB	rgb(78, 133, 159)
HSL	hsl(199, 34%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(199, 51%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 16.4%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.84, -10.72, -19.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.84, 22.23, 241.16°)
OKLab	oklab(58.9% -0.0453 -0.054)
OKLCH	oklch(58.9% 0.071 230)
XYZ	xyz(17.7851, 20.8965, 35.8904)
Luminance	0.2090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E859F #9F684E

analogous

#4E9F91 #4E859F #4E5D9F

triadic

#4E859F #9F4E85 #859F4E

tetradic

#4E859F #914E9F #9F684E #5D9F4E

square

#4E859F #914E9F #9F684E #5D9F4E

split-complementary

#4E859F #9F4E5D #9F914E

monochromatic

#26404D #3A6376 #4E859F #71A2B9 #9ABDCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#4E859F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#4E859F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E859F

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E859F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E859F	1.00	4.05	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7883A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7A9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#228C8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e859f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 133, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.071 230.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85a8bb',
    500: '#4e859f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e859f;
$custom-light: #85a8bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e859f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.259,
    "s": 34.177,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58901,
    "c": 0.07052,
    "h": 230
  },
  "luminance": 0.20898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E859F

secondary

#BA9D8F

accent

#805ECA

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E859F

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

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