#4E8899#4E8899

#4E8899 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.066 H 218.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8899
RGB	rgb(78, 136, 153)
HSL	hsl(194, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(194, 49%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 11.1%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.52, -14.17, -14.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.52, 20.60, 226.56°)
OKLab	oklab(59.37% -0.0514 -0.0413)
OKLCH	oklch(59.37% 0.066 218.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.6937, 21.5265, 33.3534)
Luminance	0.2153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8899 #995F4E

analogous

#4E9984 #4E8899 #4E6299

triadic

#4E8899 #994E88 #88994E

tetradic

#4E8899 #844E99 #995F4E #62994E

square

#4E8899 #844E99 #995F4E #62994E

split-complementary

#4E8899 #994E62 #99844E

monochromatic

#254048 #396470 #4E8899 #6FA5B5 #97BFCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#4E8899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#4E8899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8899

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8899	1.00	3.96	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D859A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727C99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#268E8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 136, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.066 218.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85aab7',
    500: '#4e8899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8899;
$custom-light: #85aab7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.6,
    "s": 32.468,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59373,
    "c": 0.06593,
    "h": 218.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8899

secondary

#B7968C

accent

#775FC9

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8899

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

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