#4E889A#4E889A

#4E889A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.067 H 220.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E889A
RGB	rgb(78, 136, 154)
HSL	hsl(194, 33%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(194, 49%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 11.7%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.56, -13.87, -15.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.56, 20.79, 228.13°)
OKLab	oklab(59.41% -0.051 -0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(59.41% 0.067 220)
XYZ	xyz(17.7766, 21.5597, 33.7903)
Luminance	0.2156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E889A #9A604E

analogous

#4E9A86 #4E889A #4E629A

triadic

#4E889A #9A4E88 #889A4E

tetradic

#4E889A #864E9A #9A604E #629A4E

square

#4E889A #864E9A #9A604E #629A4E

split-complementary

#4E889A #9A4E62 #9A864E

monochromatic

#254049 #396471 #4E889A #6FA5B6 #98BFCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#4E889A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#4E889A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E889A

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E889A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E889A	1.00	3.95	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.95	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)

#7D859B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717C9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#268E8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e889a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 136, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.067 220.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85aab7',
    500: '#4e889a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e889a;
$custom-light: #85aab7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e889a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.211,
    "s": 32.759,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59414,
    "c": 0.06654,
    "h": 220
  },
  "luminance": 0.21561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E889A

secondary

#B7978D

accent

#785FC9

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E889A

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

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