#4E889F#4E889F

#4E889F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.070 H 225.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E889F
RGB	rgb(78, 136, 159)
HSL	hsl(197, 34%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(197, 51%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 14.5%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.74, -12.40, -18.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.74, 21.93, 235.58°)
OKLab	oklab(59.62% -0.049 -0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(59.62% 0.07 225.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.2017, 21.7297, 36.0292)
Luminance	0.2173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E889F #9F654E

analogous

#4E9F8E #4E889F #4E609F

triadic

#4E889F #9F4E88 #889F4E

tetradic

#4E889F #8E4E9F #9F654E #609F4E

square

#4E889F #8E4E9F #9F654E #609F4E

split-complementary

#4E889F #9F4E60 #9F8E4E

monochromatic

#26424D #3A6576 #4E889F #71A5B9 #9ABFCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#4E889F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#4E889F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E889F

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E889F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E889F	1.00	3.93	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B86A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707D9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#208F8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e889f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 136, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.070 225.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85aabb',
    500: '#4e889f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e889f;
$custom-light: #85aabb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e889f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.037,
    "s": 34.177,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59619,
    "c": 0.07009,
    "h": 225.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E889F

secondary

#BA9B8F

accent

#7C5ECA

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E889F

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

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