#4E889C#4E889C

#4E889C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.068 H 222.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E889C
RGB	rgb(78, 136, 156)
HSL	hsl(195, 33%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(195, 50%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 12.8%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.63, -13.29, -16.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.63, 21.21, 231.20°)
OKLab	oklab(59.5% -0.0502 -0.0457)
OKLCH	oklch(59.5% 0.068 222.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.9446, 21.6269, 34.6748)
Luminance	0.2163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E889C #9C624E

analogous

#4E9C89 #4E889C #4E619C

triadic

#4E889C #9C4E88 #889C4E

tetradic

#4E889C #894E9C #9C624E #619C4E

square

#4E889C #894E9C #9C624E #619C4E

split-complementary

#4E889C #9C4E61 #9C894E

monochromatic

#25414A #3A6473 #4E889C #70A5B7 #99BFCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#4E889C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#4E889C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E889C

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E889C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E889C	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C859D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717C9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#248E8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e889c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 136, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.068 222.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85aab9',
    500: '#4e889c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e889c;
$custom-light: #85aab9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e889c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.385,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59495,
    "c": 0.06788,
    "h": 222.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E889C

secondary

#B8988D

accent

#7A5EC9

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E889C

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

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