#4E8997#4E8997

#4E8997 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.065 H 214.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8997
RGB	rgb(78, 137, 151)
HSL	hsl(192, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(192, 48%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 9.3%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.75, -15.29, -13.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.75, 20.36, 221.33°)
OKLab	oklab(59.54% -0.0534 -0.0371)
OKLCH	oklch(59.54% 0.065 214.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.6714, 21.7440, 32.5379)
Luminance	0.2175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8997 #975C4E

analogous

#4E9781 #4E8997 #4E6497

triadic

#4E8997 #974E89 #89974E

tetradic

#4E8997 #814E97 #975C4E #64974E

square

#4E8997 #814E97 #975C4E #64974E

split-complementary

#4E8997 #974E64 #97814E

monochromatic

#244046 #39646F #4E8997 #6EA7B4 #96BFC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#4E8997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#4E8997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8997

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8997	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)

#7F8598

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737D97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#288E8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 137, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.065 214.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84abb5',
    500: '#4e8997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8997;
$custom-light: #84abb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.507,
    "s": 31.878,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59536,
    "c": 0.06505,
    "h": 214.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8997

secondary

#B6938B

accent

#7460C8

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8997

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

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