#4E869E#4E869E

#4E869E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.069 H 227.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E869E
RGB	rgb(78, 134, 158)
HSL	hsl(198, 34%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(198, 51%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 15.2%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.10, -11.58, -18.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.10, 21.82, 237.94°)
OKLab	oklab(59.1% -0.0469 -0.0512)
OKLCH	oklch(59.1% 0.069 227.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.8363, 21.1371, 35.4811)
Luminance	0.2114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E869E #9E664E

analogous

#4E9E8E #4E869E #4E5E9E

triadic

#4E869E #9E4E86 #869E4E

tetradic

#4E869E #8E4E9E #9E664E #5E9E4E

square

#4E869E #8E4E9E #9E664E #5E9E4E

split-complementary

#4E869E #9E4E5E #9E8E4E

monochromatic

#26414C #3A6375 #4E869E #71A3B9 #9ABDCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#4E869E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#4E869E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E869E

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E869E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E869E	1.00	4.02	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#79849F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7B9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#228D8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e869e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 134, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.069 227.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85a9ba',
    500: '#4e869e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e869e;
$custom-light: #85a9ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e869e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198,
    "s": 33.898,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59098,
    "c": 0.06949,
    "h": 227.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E869E

secondary

#BA9B8E

accent

#7E5ECA

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E869E

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

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