#4E8799#4E8799

#4E8799 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.066 H 220.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8799
RGB	rgb(78, 135, 153)
HSL	hsl(194, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(194, 49%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 11.8%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.22, -13.62, -15.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.22, 20.57, 228.55°)
OKLab	oklab(59.13% -0.0501 -0.0426)
OKLCH	oklch(59.13% 0.066 220.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.5535, 21.2462, 33.3067)
Luminance	0.2125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8799 #99604E

analogous

#4E9985 #4E8799 #4E6199

triadic

#4E8799 #994E87 #87994E

tetradic

#4E8799 #854E99 #99604E #61994E

square

#4E8799 #854E99 #99604E #61994E

split-complementary

#4E8799 #994E61 #99854E

monochromatic

#253F48 #396370 #4E8799 #6FA4B5 #97BECA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#4E8799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#4E8799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8799

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8799	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C849A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717B99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#278D8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 135, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.066 220.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84aab7',
    500: '#4e8799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8799;
$custom-light: #84aab7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.4,
    "s": 32.468,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59131,
    "c": 0.0658,
    "h": 220.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8799

secondary

#B7968C

accent

#785FC9

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8799

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

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