#4E889D#4E889D

#4E889D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.069 H 223.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E889D
RGB	rgb(78, 136, 157)
HSL	hsl(196, 34%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(196, 50%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 13.4%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.67, -12.99, -17.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.67, 21.44, 232.69°)
OKLab	oklab(59.54% -0.0498 -0.0472)
OKLCH	oklch(59.54% 0.069 223.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.0296, 21.6609, 35.1226)
Luminance	0.2166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E889D #9D634E

analogous

#4E9D8A #4E889D #4E609D

triadic

#4E889D #9D4E88 #889D4E

tetradic

#4E889D #8A4E9D #9D634E #609D4E

square

#4E889D #8A4E9D #9D634E #609D4E

split-complementary

#4E889D #9D4E60 #9D8A4E

monochromatic

#25414B #3A6574 #4E889D #70A5B8 #99BFCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#4E889D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#4E889D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E889D

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E889D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E889D	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)

#7C859E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707C9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#238F8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e889d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 136, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.069 223.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85aaba',
    500: '#4e889d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e889d;
$custom-light: #85aaba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e889d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.949,
    "s": 33.617,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59536,
    "c": 0.06859,
    "h": 223.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E889D

secondary

#B9998E

accent

#7B5ECA

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E889D

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

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