#4E899A#4E899A

#4E899A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.067 H 218.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E899A
RGB	rgb(78, 137, 154)
HSL	hsl(193, 33%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(193, 49%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 11%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.86, -14.42, -15.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.86, 20.83, 226.16°)
OKLab	oklab(59.66% -0.0522 -0.0415)
OKLCH	oklch(59.66% 0.067 218.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.9181, 21.8427, 33.8374)
Luminance	0.2184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E899A #9A5F4E

analogous

#4E9A85 #4E899A #4E639A

triadic

#4E899A #9A4E89 #899A4E

tetradic

#4E899A #854E9A #9A5F4E #639A4E

square

#4E899A #854E9A #9A5F4E #639A4E

split-complementary

#4E899A #9A4E63 #9A854E

monochromatic

#254149 #396571 #4E899A #6FA6B6 #98BFCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#4E899A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#4E899A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E899A

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E899A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E899A	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E869B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727D9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#258F8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e899a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 137, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.067 218.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85abb7',
    500: '#4e899a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e899a;
$custom-light: #85abb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e899a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.421,
    "s": 32.759,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59655,
    "c": 0.06669,
    "h": 218.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E899A

secondary

#B7968D

accent

#775FC9

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E899A

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

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