#4E899B#4E899B

#4E899B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.067 H 219.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E899B
RGB	rgb(78, 137, 155)
HSL	hsl(194, 33%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(194, 50%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 11.6%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.90, -14.13, -15.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.90, 21.01, 227.73°)
OKLab	oklab(59.7% -0.0518 -0.043)
OKLCH	oklch(59.7% 0.067 219.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.0017, 21.8761, 34.2779)
Luminance	0.2188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E899B #9B604E

analogous

#4E9B86 #4E899B #4E629B

triadic

#4E899B #9B4E89 #899B4E

tetradic

#4E899B #864E9B #9B604E #629B4E

square

#4E899B #864E9B #9B604E #629B4E

split-complementary

#4E899B #9B4E62 #9B864E

monochromatic

#25414A #3A6572 #4E899B #6FA6B7 #98BFCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#4E899B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#4E899B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E899B

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E899B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E899B	1.00	3.91	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E869C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727D9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#248F8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e899b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 137, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.067 219.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85abb8',
    500: '#4e899b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e899b;
$custom-light: #85abb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e899b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.026,
    "s": 33.047,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59696,
    "c": 0.06729,
    "h": 219.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E899B

secondary

#B8978D

accent

#785FC9

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E899B

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

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