#4E889B#4E889B

#4E889B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.067 H 221.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E889B
RGB	rgb(78, 136, 155)
HSL	hsl(195, 33%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(195, 50%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 12.3%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.59, -13.58, -16.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.59, 20.99, 229.68°)
OKLab	oklab(59.45% -0.0506 -0.0442)
OKLCH	oklch(59.45% 0.067 221.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.8602, 21.5931, 34.2307)
Luminance	0.2160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E889B #9B614E

analogous

#4E9B87 #4E889B #4E619B

triadic

#4E889B #9B4E88 #889B4E

tetradic

#4E889B #874E9B #9B614E #619B4E

square

#4E889B #874E9B #9B614E #619B4E

split-complementary

#4E889B #9B4E61 #9B874E

monochromatic

#25414A #3A6472 #4E889B #6FA5B7 #98BFCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#4E889B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#4E889B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E889B

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E889B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E889B	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D859C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717C9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#258E8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e889b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 136, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.067 221.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85aab8',
    500: '#4e889b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e889b;
$custom-light: #85aab8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e889b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.805,
    "s": 33.047,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59454,
    "c": 0.0672,
    "h": 221.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E889B

secondary

#B8988D

accent

#795FC9

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E889B

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

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