#4E8699#4E8699

#4E8699 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.066 H 221.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8699
RGB	rgb(78, 134, 153)
HSL	hsl(195, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(195, 49%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 12.4%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.91, -13.06, -15.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.91, 20.56, 230.55°)
OKLab	oklab(58.89% -0.0489 -0.0439)
OKLCH	oklch(58.89% 0.066 221.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.4146, 20.9684, 33.2604)
Luminance	0.2097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8699 #99614E

analogous

#4E9986 #4E8699 #4E6099

triadic

#4E8699 #994E86 #86994E

tetradic

#4E8699 #864E99 #99614E #60994E

square

#4E8699 #864E99 #99614E #60994E

split-complementary

#4E8699 #994E60 #99864E

monochromatic

#253F48 #396270 #4E8699 #6FA4B5 #97BDCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#4E8699 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#4E8699 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8699

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8699	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8699	1.00	4.04	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B839A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707B99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#278C8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8699;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 134, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.066 221.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84a9b7',
    500: '#4e8699',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8699;
$custom-light: #84a9b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8699",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.2,
    "s": 32.468,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5889,
    "c": 0.06572,
    "h": 221.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8699

secondary

#B7978C

accent

#7A5FC9

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8699

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

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