#4E889E#4E889E

#4E889E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.069 H 224.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E889E
RGB	rgb(78, 136, 158)
HSL	hsl(197, 34%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(197, 51%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 13.9%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.70, -12.70, -17.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.70, 21.68, 234.15°)
OKLab	oklab(59.58% -0.0494 -0.0487)
OKLCH	oklch(59.58% 0.069 224.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.1153, 21.6952, 35.5741)
Luminance	0.2170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E889E #9E644E

analogous

#4E9E8C #4E889E #4E609E

triadic

#4E889E #9E4E88 #889E4E

tetradic

#4E889E #8C4E9E #9E644E #609E4E

square

#4E889E #8C4E9E #9E644E #609E4E

split-complementary

#4E889E #9E4E60 #9E8C4E

monochromatic

#26414C #3A6575 #4E889E #71A5B9 #9ABFCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#4E889E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#4E889E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E889E

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E889E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E889E	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C859F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707C9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#228F8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e889e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 136, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.069 224.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85aaba',
    500: '#4e889e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e889e;
$custom-light: #85aaba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e889e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.5,
    "s": 33.898,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59578,
    "c": 0.06932,
    "h": 224.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E889E

secondary

#BA9A8E

accent

#7C5ECA

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E889E

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

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